Cornelius Robinson (September 25, 1805 – July 29, 1867) was a politician from Alabama who served in the Provisional Confederate Congress at the beginning of the American Civil War. Robinson was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He was the sixth of eight children of Tod and Martha Ann (Terry) Robinson of Anson County. He later moved to Alabama, and in 1836 was the captain of a company of infantry. Robinson died on his plantation near Benton, Alabama, and was buried there at Mt. Gilead Cemetery. His great-niece, Ednah Robinson Aiken (1872-1960), was a San Francisco-based novelist and clubwoman.