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'''John Marshall Robsion, Jr.''' (August 28, 1904 &ndash; February 14, 1990), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Representative]] for District 3 in his native [[Kentucky]]. He filled the seat from 1953 to 1959 during the first six years of the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] administration.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6944848/john-marshall-robsion|title=John Marshall Robsion, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 17, 2021}}</ref> Robsion was also the unsuccessful Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1959.

'''John Marshall Robsion, Jr.''' (August 28, 1904 &ndash; February 14, 1990), was a [[Moderate Republican]]<ref>FascinatingPolitics (October 21, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/21/the-rockefeller-republicans/ The Rockefeller Republicans]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> [[United States Representative]] for District 3 in his native [[Kentucky]]. He filled the seat from 1953 to 1959 during the first six years of the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] administration.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6944848/john-marshall-robsion|title=John Marshall Robsion, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 17, 2021}}</ref> Robsion was also the unsuccessful Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1959.

Like his father, [[John Robsion, Sr.]], also a U.S. Representative, the junior Robsion was born in the small town of Barbourville in Knox County in southeastern Kentucky.  He received his undergraduate and law degrees from [[George Washington University]] and also attended [[Georgetown University]] and the National War College, all in the nationcal capital of [[Washington, D.C.]].  He worked as a congressional secretary from 1919 to 1928 and was admitted to the practice of law in 1926.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000359 Congressional biography|title=Robsion, Jr., John|publisher=bioguide|accessdate=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

Like his father, [[John Robsion, Sr.]], also a U.S. Representative, the junior Robsion was born in the small town of Barbourville in Knox County in southeastern Kentucky.  He received his undergraduate and law degrees from [[George Washington University]] and also attended [[Georgetown University]] and the National War College, all in the nationcal capital of [[Washington, D.C.]].  He worked as a congressional secretary from 1919 to 1928 and was admitted to the practice of law in 1926.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000359 Congressional biography|title=Robsion, Jr., John|publisher=bioguide|accessdate=September 17, 2021}}</ref>

He briefly settled in [[Louisville]] in 1928 but returned 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 and served as general counsel for the state [[Republican Party|GOP]] from 1938 to 1942.  Robsion joined the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1942 to 1946, with service in [[Africa]], [[Italy]], and [[Austria]].  From 1946 to 1952 Robsion was a circuit judge in Kentucky.<ref name=bio/>

He briefly settled in [[Louisville]] in 1928 but returned 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 and served as general counsel for the state [[Republican Party|GOP]] from 1938 to 1942.  Robsion joined the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1942 to 1946, with service in [[Africa]], [[Italy]], and [[Austria]].  From 1946 to 1952 Robsion was a circuit judge in Kentucky.<ref name=bio/>

In 1952, [[Moderate Republican]] U.S. Representative [[Thruston B. Morton]] did not seek reelection to the 3rd District House seat. Robsion was then elected to succeed Morton and won re-elected to the House in 1954 and 1956.  He sought re-election to the House in 1958 but was defeated by Democrat Frank Welsh Burke in a heavily Democrat year nationally. A supporter of [[civil rights]], Robsion did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] pushed by southern [[Segregation|segregationists]], he also voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

In 1952, Moderate Republican U.S. Representative [[Thruston B. Morton]] did not seek reelection to the 3rd District House seat. Robsion was then elected to succeed Morton and won re-elected to the House in 1954 and 1956.  He sought re-election to the House in 1958 but was defeated by Democrat Frank Welsh Burke in a heavily Democrat year nationally. A supporter of [[civil rights]], Robsion did not sign the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]] pushed by southern [[Segregation|segregationists]], he also voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

As his party's gubernatorial candidate, Robsion lost to the popular Democrat Bertram Thomas "Bert" Combs (1911–1991), 516,549 votes (60.6 percent) to 336,456 (39.4 percent). Combs margin was the largest majority in a Kentucky state election until that time.

As his party's gubernatorial candidate, Robsion lost to the popular Democrat Bertram Thomas "Bert" Combs (1911–1991), 516,549 votes (60.6 percent) to 336,456 (39.4 percent). Combs margin was the largest majority in a Kentucky state election until that time.