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==Career==

==Career==

In 1894, at the age of twenty-two, Robinson was elected to the Arkansas legislature and served one term. In 1902, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the since abolished 6th congressional district and was re-elected to four subsequent terms ending in 1913. In 1912, Robinson was elected governor, in which capacity over a few weeks he advocated funding to complete the new state capitol building in [[Little Rock]], to establish a labor statistics board, to create the state highway commission, and adopt the official state flag. He left the governorship to succeed U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis,  who had died on January 3, after the legislature had re-elected him to a new term beginning on March 4, 1913.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=

In 1894, at the age of twenty-two, Robinson was elected to the Arkansas legislature and served one term. In 1902, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the since abolished 6th congressional district and was re-elected to four subsequent terms ending in 1913. In 1912, Robinson was elected governor, in which capacity over a few weeks he advocated funding to complete the new state capitol building in [[Little Rock]], to establish a labor statistics board, to create the state highway commission, and adopt the official state flag. He left the governorship to succeed U. S. Senator Jefferson Davis (,  who had died on January 3, after the legislature had re-elected him to a new term beginning on March 4, 1913.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000347|title=Joseph T. Robinson|publisher=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref>

https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000347|title=Joseph T. Robinson|publisher=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref>

A [[progressive]], Robinson was a staunch supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]. He was the chairman of the 1920 Democratic National Convention, which nominated the losing James M. Cox-[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] ticket, defeated by [[Warren Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]].<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_Leaders_Robinson.htm |title=U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Senate Leaders |publisher=United States Senate|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref> In 1923, Robinson's colleagues named him the Senate Minority Leader. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination as a [[favorite son]] candidate in 1924 but lost out to John William Davis (1873-1955), a conservative corporation attorney from [[West Virginia]], who subsequently voted against Franklin Roosevelt.

A [[progressive]], Robinson was a staunch supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]. He was the chairman of the 1920 Democratic National Convention, which nominated the losing James M. Cox-[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] ticket, defeated by [[Warren Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]].<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_Leaders_Robinson.htm |title=U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Senate Leaders |publisher=United States Senate|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref> In 1923, Robinson's colleagues named him the Senate Minority Leader. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination as a "favorite son" candidate in 1924 but lost out to John William Davis (1873-1955), a conservative corporation attorney from [[West Virginia]], who subsequently voted against Franklin Roosevelt.

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.