{{short description|American politician from North Carolina}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robin Britt | image = Robin Britt.png | office = Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources | governor = Jim Hunt | term_start = 1993 | term_end = 1997 | predecessor = David Flaherty | successor = David Bruton | state1 = North Carolina | district1 = 6th | term_start1 = January 3, 1983 | term_end1 = January 3, 1985 | preceded1 = Walter E. Johnston III | succeeded1 = Howard Coble | birth_name = Charles Robin Britt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|6|29}} | birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = Susan Britt | children = 3 | education = University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, JD)<br>New York University (LLM) | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{navy|United States}} | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 1963–1984 | service_years_label = Service years | rank = Commander<ref name="CD"/> | unit = United States Navy Reserve }} '''Charles Robin Britt''' (born June 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician who is a former Member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district. A Democrat, he served one term from 1983 to 1985.
== Biography == Britt grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and graduated from Enka High School in 1959.<ref name="congbio">{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000845 |title=Britt, Charles Robin 1942 – |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the same institution as well as an LL.M. degree from New York University in 1976.<ref name="congbio" /> He was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1973 and commenced practice in Greensboro. From 1963 until 1984, he was a member of the United States Naval Reserve.<ref name="congbio" />
His wife was Susan Britt.<ref name="CD">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ghw-lFHzhTwC&dq=Charles+Robin+Britt+Naval+Reserve+commander&pg=PA144 Official Congressional Directory, Volume 98 (1983)]</ref>
=== Early political career === Britt was a delegate to the North Carolina State Democratic convention in 1980.<ref name="congbio" />
=== Congress === In 1982, he was elected to Congress<ref name="congbio" /> from a Greensboro-based district, defeating one-term Republican Eugene Johnston. He was narrowly defeated<ref name="congbio" /> for reelection in 1984 by State Representative Howard Coble, largely due to Ronald Reagan's victory that year.{{citation needed |date=September 2025}} Reagan carried the district by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.
Britt sought a rematch against Coble in 1986 and lost by only 79 votes.
=== Later career === Britt served as president and director of Project Uplift in Greensboro, N.C. and as secretary of the North Carolina State Department of Human Resources 1993 to 1997.
Britt attempted a comeback in 2002<ref name="congbio" /> in the newly-drawn 13th district, which contained parts of Greensboro. However, Britt was defeated in the Democratic primary by Brad Miller of Raleigh.
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==External links== {{CongBio|B000845}} * {{C-SPAN|1002062}} {{Commons category}}
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