John M. Robsion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John M. Robsion

American politician

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1873

Place of Birth: Bracken County, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1948

Profession: teacher, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About John M. Robsion

  • 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.

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