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'''Joseph Taylor Robinson''' (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] and [[attorney]] from his native state of [[Arkansas]] who served only fifty-five days as the 23rd [[governor]] of his state, a post that he relinguished to become a [[United States Senator]] from 1913 to 1937. He was named the Senate Majority Leader in 1933 and had earlier been his party's unsuccessful vice presidential nominee in 1928 on the ticket headed by Governor [[Al Smith]] of [[New York]]. The Democrats were defeated that year by a large margin by the [[Republican Party|Republican]]s [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[Charles Curtis]].
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'''Joseph Taylor Robinson''' (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), known as '''Joe T. Robinson''', was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[politician]] and [[attorney]] from his native state of [[Arkansas]] who served only fifty-five days as the 23rd [[governor]] of his state, a post that he relinquished to become a [[United States Senator]] from 1913 to 1937.
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He was named the Senate Majority Leader in 1933 and had earlier been his party's unsuccessful vice presidential nominee in [[United States presidential election, 1928|1928]] on the ticket headed by Governor [[Alfred E. Smith]] of [[New York]]. The Democrats were defeated that year in a large margin by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Herbert Hoover|Hoover]]/[[Charles Curtis|Curtis]] ticket.