President Joe Biden’s great-great-grandfather was once pardoned by former President Abraham Lincoln after engaging in a bloody physical altercation, a newly discovered document reveals.
Lincoln pardoned Biden’s ancestor, Moses J. Robinette, after he was charged with intoxication, causing a “dangerous quarrel,” disturbing military discipline and order, and making an “attempt to kill” another person, being convicted of all but the last charge, according to the Washington Post.
Robinette was a veterinary surgeon for the Union in the Civil War, and the brawl occurred on March 21, 1864, when another civilian employee, John J. Alexander, confronted Robinette, leading to the fight.
According to the 22-page document discovered at the National Archives, Alexander heard that Robinette had spoken ill of him to a female cook. This led to a war of words before fists started flying, and
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