Charles Robinson (1818-1894), the first governor of Kansas, had a long and varied career. With his wife Sara, he moved to Kansas in 1854 as an agent of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company and became a leader in the free Kansas movement. In 1861, when Kansas was finally admitted under the Wyandotte Constitution, he was elected governor. From 1864-1874 he was a regent of the University of Kansas. He re-entered the political arena in 1882 when he served in the state House of Representatives as well as the Senate. In 1893, he was again appointed a regent of the University of Kansas, which office he held until his death in 1894.
Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson (1827-1911) shared with her husband the fight for a free Kansas. She became a well-know historian of this period of Kansas history.
From the description of Robinson Family Papers, 1834-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387687
