John M. Robsion
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John M. Robsion | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky | |
In office January 3, 1935 – February 17, 1948 | |
Preceded by | Fred M. Vinson |
Succeeded by | William Lewis |
Constituency | 9th district |
In office March 4, 1919 – January 10, 1930 | |
Preceded by | Caleb Powers |
Succeeded by | Charles Finley |
Constituency | 11th district |
Personal details | |
Born | John Marshall Robsion January 2, 1873 Berlin, Kentucky |
Died | February 17, 1948 Barbourville, Kentucky | (aged 75)
Resting place | Barbourville Cemetery 36°51′20.3″N 83°52′27″W / 36.855639°N 83.87417°W |
Political party | Republican |
Children | John M. Robsion Jr. |
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
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
External links
- United States Congress. "John M. Robsion (id: R000358)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- "John M. Robsion". Find a Grave. Retrieved May 9, 2013.