| | 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. |
| − | After leaving Congress, Robsion resumed his law practice and resided part of the year in Louisville and the remainder in [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]], where he died at the age of eighty-five.<ref name=findagrave/> He is interred there at Cave Hill Cemetery, along with his wife, the former Laura Selinda Drane, who died on [[Christmas]] Day in 1980 after being struck by an automobile in Fort Lauderdale.<ref>Laura Selinda Drane Robsion (1913-1980) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 17, 2021.</ref> | + | After leaving Congress, Robsion resumed his law practice and resided part of the year in Louisville and the remainder in [[Fort Lauderdale]], [[Florida]], where he died at the age of eighty-five.<ref name=findagrave/> He is interred there at Cave Hill Cemetery, along with his wife, the former Laura Selinda Drane, who died on [[Christmas]] Day in 1980 after being struck by an automobile in Fort Lauderdale.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185296180/laura-selinda-robsion Laura Selinda Drane Robsion (1913-1980) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed September 17, 2021.</ref> |