John M. Robsion

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Kentucky. For his son, also a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, see 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.

John M. Robsion
United States Senator from Kentucky
In office January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930
Appointed by	Flem D. Sampson
Preceded by	Frederic M. Sackett
Succeeded by	Ben M. Williamson
Member of the 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 (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
Political party	Republican
Children	John M. Robsion Jr.

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.

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.