John M. Robsion
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John Marshall Robsion | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1935 – February 17, 1948 |
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Preceded by | Fred M. Vinson |
Succeeded by | William Lewis |
United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930 |
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Preceded by | Frederic M. Sackett |
Succeeded by | Ben M. Williamson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th district |
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In office March 4, 1919 – January 10, 1930 |
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Preceded by | Caleb Powers |
Succeeded by | Charles Finley |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, Kentucky |
January 2, 1873
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Barbourville, Kentucky |
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Political party | Republican |
John Marshall Robsion (January 2, 1873 – February 17, 1948), a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Robsion was born in Berlin, Kentucky. He attended National Northern University, now Ohio Northern University, in Ada, Ohio, and Holbrook College in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio. He then earned a law degree from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1900.
Robsion taught in public schools for several years and at Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. He also practiced law in Barbourville and was the president of the First National Bank of Barbourville.
Robsion was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until January 10, 1930, when he resigned to serve in the United States Senate. He served as chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congresses).
He was appointed on January 9, 1930, as a Republican to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frederick M. Sackett and he served in the Senate from January 11, 1930, to November 30, 1930. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the same seat in 1930. After leaving the Senate, Robsion resumed the practice of law and was elected to the United States House of Representatives Seventy-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his death in Barbourville, Ky., February 17, 1948. He is buried in Barbourville Cemetery.
External links
- John M. Robsion at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 9, 2013
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | United States Representative, Kentucky 11th District March 4, 1919–January 10, 1930 (obsolete district) |
Succeeded by Charles Finley |
Preceded by | United States Representative, Kentucky 9th District January 3, 1935–February 17, 1948 (obsolete district) |
Succeeded by William Lewis |
United States Senate | ||
Preceded by | United States Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky January 11, 1930–November 30, 1930 |
Succeeded by Ben M. Williamson |
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