ROBINSON, Leonidas Dunlap, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Gulledge Township, Anson County, N.C., April 22, 1867; attended the common schools; moved to Wadesboro in 1888; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and practiced in Wadesboro; delegate to every Democratic State convention 1888-1941; mayor of Wadesboro 1890-1893; member of the State house of representatives in 1894 and 1900; appointed solicitor of the thirteenth judicial district in 1901; elected to the same office in 1902 and served in that capacity until 1910, when he resigned; became president of th Bank of Wadesboro in 1910; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912, 1920, and 1924; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed banking and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Wadesboro, N.C., November 7, 1941; interment in Eastview Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present. Submitted by Linda Rodriguez)

(Seventh District.—Counties: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, and Yadkin. Population (1910), 224,448.)
Leonidas D. Robinson, Democrat, of Anson County, was born on a farm in Anson County, North Carolina, April 22, 1867. He was educated in the public schools and at Anson Institute at Wadesboro, and also at Carolina College at Ahsonville. After reading law under Judge R. T. Bennett of Wadesboro he was admitted to the Bar in 1889, and settled at Wadesboro for the practice of his profession. In 1890 he was elected Mayor of Wadesboro, serving three terms. He represented his county in the General Assembly of 1896 and 1901. In 1916 he was elected to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses. Address: Wadesboro, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual, 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission. Submitted by Linda Rodriguez)