John M. Robsion

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John M. Robsion

John Marshall Robsion (* 2. January 1873 in Bracken County , Kentucky ; † 17th February 1948 in Barbourville , Kentucky) was an American politician of the Republican Party . He represented the state of Kentucky in both houses of Congress .

Life

After the Jura -Studies at the National Northern University in Ada ( Ohio ) and the Holbrook College in Knoxville ( Tennessee ) graduated Robsion at the National Normal University in Lebanon (Ohio). He graduated from Center College in Danville, Kentucky in 1900 .

Subsequently, he worked as a teacher in public schools and as a lecturer at Union College in Barbourville. There he also worked as a lawyer after his admission to the bar and was president of the local First National Bank .

politics

After Robsion had won the 1918 election in Kentucky's 11th congressional electoral district with 76 percent of the vote, he took up his seat in the US House of Representatives in March 1919 , which he, always re-elected by large majorities, filled up to January 10, 1930. During this time he was among other things chairman of the mining committee.

He resigned after his party had chosen him to succeed the resigned Senator Frederic M. Sackett . However, his mandate was short-lived. In November of the same year, Robsion had to leave the Senate again after failing to win the double election held on November 4, 1930 (the extraordinary by-election for the remaining months in the 71st Congress against Ben M. Williamson and the general Senate election for the regular six-year mandate from 1931 against Marvel M. Logan ).

He then went back to work as a lawyer. In the 1934 election , Robsion again ran for a seat in the House of Representatives, this time in Kentucky's 9th Congressional constituency. He won the election with 77 percent of the vote and then returned to Congress in January 1935. After being re-elected with more than 60 percent of the vote, he was a member until his death on February 17, 1948 in Barbourville.

His son John was also a Republican Congressman for Kentucky from 1953 to 1959.

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SURNAME Robsion, John M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robsion, John Marshall (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Bracken County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1948
Place of death Barbourville , Kentucky