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When the Democrats took control of the Senate in 1933 with the election of Franklin Roosevelt as President Robinson was named Senate Majority Leader, in which capacity he helped to pass much of the [[New Deal]] agenda. He was the last U.S. Senator elected by a state legislature rather than by direct popular vote, mandated by the [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which took effect on April 8, 1913.
When the Democrats took control of the Senate in 1933 with the election of Franklin Roosevelt as President Robinson was named Senate Majority Leader, in which capacity he helped to pass much of the [[New Deal]] agenda. He was the last U.S. Senator elected by a state legislature rather than by direct popular vote, mandated by the [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which took effect on April 8, 1913.
==In the Senate==
===In the Senate===
From the outset, Robinson delivered well-crafted speeches and mastered the complicated rules and practices of the Senate. He arrived at the Senate early, left late, and studied legislation in his [[Washington, D.C.]], apartment. He championed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act and the regulation of [[railroad]]s and other industries. He led the Senate to arm merchant ships and voted to declare war on [[Germany]]. He also led the unsuccessful effort in the Senate to ratify the failed [[Treaty of Versailles]] of 1919.<ref name=ency>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=121 |title=Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872–1937) |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref>
From the outset, Robinson delivered well-crafted speeches and mastered the complicated rules and practices of the Senate. He arrived at the Senate early, left late, and studied legislation in his [[Washington, D.C.]], apartment. He championed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act and the regulation of [[railroad]]s and other industries. He led the Senate to arm merchant ships and voted to declare war on [[Germany]]. He also led the unsuccessful effort in the Senate to ratify the failed [[Treaty of Versailles]] of 1919.<ref name=ency>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=121 |title=Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872–1937) |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref>