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

    

John M. Robsion Jr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1904

Place of Birth: Barbourville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1990

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John M. Robsion Jr.

  • John Marshall Robsion Jr.
  • (August 28, 1904 – February 14, 1990), a Republican, was a United States Representative from Kentucky from 1953 to 1959 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959. Robsion was born in Barbourville.
  • He received his undergraduate and law degrees from George Washington University and also attended Georgetown University and the National War College.
  • He worked as a congressional secretary from 1919 to 1928 and was admitted to the practice of law in 1926.
  • Robsion briefly settled in Louisville in 1928.
  • He went back to Washington to serve as chief of the law division for the United States Bureau of Pensions from 1929 to 1935.
  • Afterward he returned to Louisville to practice law, serving as general counsel for the Kentucky Republican Party from 1938 to 1942.
  • Robsion served in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946; he was posted to Africa, Italy, and Austria in that time.
  • From 1946 to 1952 Robsion served as a circuit judge in Kentucky. In 1952, incumbent Louisville Congressman Thruston B.
  • Morton decided against seeking another term in that seat.
  • Robsion sought it and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 from Kentucky's Third Congressional District (Louisville); he was re-elected to the House in 1954 and 1956.
  • He sought re-election to the House in 1958 but was defeated by Democrat Frank W.
  • Burke. Robsion was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959 but lost the election to Democrat Bert T.
  • Combs.
  • Combs won 516,549 votes (60.6%) to Robsion's 336,456 (39.4%); the 180,093-vote margin was then a record in a Kentucky state election, eclipsed overall only by Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt's margin over Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election. After leaving Congress, Robsion returned to the practice of law.
  • He was a resident of Louisville and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  • Robsion died in Fort Lauderdale on February 14, 1990, and was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. Robsion Park in Lyndon, Ky.
  • (Metro Louisville) is named for John M.
  • Robison Jr.
  • and his wife Laura (Drane) Robsion, who died in 1980.
  • Robsion donated the land for the 17-acre park in 1985.

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