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==Background==

==Background==

Robinson was born in Lonoke in central Arkansas, to the former Matilda Jane Swaim  (1832-1899), a Tennessee native,  and James Madison Robinson (1816-1892), a [[physician]], [[farmer]], and  lay preacher originally from New York. Young Robinson chopped [[cotton] and worked in his father's [[apple]] orchard. He taught first grade for two years before he spent a year studying at the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville but dropped out upon his father's death. Back in Lonoke,  he studied law with Thomas Clark Trimble, III (1878-1965), later a federal judge. He also attended the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, after which he was admitted to the bar. He married the former Ewilda Gertrude "Billie" Miller; the couple had no children.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9824/joseph-taylor-robinson|title=Joseph Taylor Robinson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref><ref name=ency/>

Robinson was born in Lonoke in central Arkansas, to the former Matilda Jane Swaim  (1832-1899), a Tennessee native,  and James Madison Robinson (1816-1892), a [[physician]], [[farmer]], and  lay preacher originally from New York. Young Robinson chopped [[cotton]] and worked in his father's [[apple]] orchard. He taught first grade for two years before he spent a year studying at the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville but dropped out upon his father's death. Back in Lonoke,  he studied law with Thomas Clark Trimble, III (1878-1965), later a federal judge. He also attended the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, after which he was admitted to the bar. He married the former Ewilda Gertrude "Billie" Miller; the couple had no children.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9824/joseph-taylor-robinson|title=Joseph Taylor Robinson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref><ref name=ency/>

==Career==

==Career==