John M. Robsion

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John Marshall Robsion

United States Senator from Kentucky
In office January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930
Preceded by	Frederic M. Sackett
Succeeded by	Ben M. Williamson
Personal details
Born	(1873-01-02)January 2, 1873 Berlin, Kentucky
Died	February 17, 1948(1948-02-17) (aged 75) Barbourville, Kentucky
Resting place	Barbourville Cemetery 36°51′20.3″N 83°52′27″W / 36.855639°N 83.87417°W / 36.855639; -83.87417 (John Robsion Burial Site)
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

"John M. Robsion". Find a Grave. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Caleb Powers	United States Representative, Kentucky 11th District March 4, 1919–January 10, 1930	Succeeded by Charles Finley
Preceded by Fred M. Vinson	United States Representative, Kentucky 9th District January 3, 1935–February 17, 1948	Succeeded by William Lewis
United States Senate
Preceded by Frederic M. Sackett	United States Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky January 11, 1930–November 30, 1930	Succeeded by Ben M. Williamson

v t e United States Senators from Kentucky

Class 2	Brown Thruston Clay Bibb Walker Barry Hardin Crittenden Johnson Bibb Crittenden Morehead J. Underwood Thompson Powell Guthrie McCreery Stevenson Beck Carlisle Lindsay Blackburn Paynter James Martin Stanley Sackett Robsion Williamson M. Logan Chandler Stanfill Cooper Chapman T. Underwood Cooper Barkley Humphreys Cooper Huddleston McConnell

Class 3	Edwards Marshall J. Breckinridge Adair Clay Pope Bledsoe Talbot W. Logan Talbot Rowan Clay Crittenden Metcalfe Clay Meriwether Dixon Crittenden J. C. Breckinridge Davis Machen McCreery Williams Blackburn Deboe McCreary Bradley Camden Beckham Ernst Barkley Withers Clements Morton Cook Ford Bunning Paul

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 73660653 LCCN: no2008048202

Persondata
Name	Robsion, John M.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 2, 1873
Place of birth	Berlin, Kentucky
Date of death	February 17, 1948
Place of death	Barbourville, Kentucky

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