Thomas J. B. Robinson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Burton E. Sweet |
| Succeeded by | Albert C. Willford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas John Bright Robinson (1868-08-12)August 12, 1868 New Diggings, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 1958(1958-01-27) (aged 89) Hampton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Occupation | banker |
Thomas John Bright Robinson (August 12, 1868 – January 27, 1958) was a RepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 3rd congressional district. Elected in an era in which Republicans held every Iowa U.S. House seat, Robinson served five terms before losing in the 1932 general election.
Born inNew Diggings, Wisconsin, Robinson moved with his parents toHampton, Iowa, in 1870. He attended the public schools and the Hampton High School. A farmer, Robinson also served as president of the Citizens National Bank of Hampton from 1907 to 1923, as a member of the Hampton Board of Education, and on the board of trustees ofCornell College inMount Vernon, Iowa.
Robinson was elected to one four-year term in theIowa Senate in 1912, and served as delegate to many Republican State conventions.
In 1922, Robinson was elected as aRepublican to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House. During the 1920s, no Democrat was elected to any of Iowa's U.S. House seats, and every incumbent Republican congressman from Iowa who was renominated by their party was elected in the November general election. However, in 1932, the Roosevelt landslide carried many Democrats into the House, and the former Republican majority lost 101 seats. Running for a sixth consecutive term, Robinson lost a close race toAlbert C. Willford. Robinson had served in theSixty-eighth and the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1933.
Returning to Iowa, Robinson engaged in the real estate and investment business. He died in Hampton on January 27, 1958, and was interred in Hampton Cemetery.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's 3rd congressional district 1923–1933 | Succeeded by |
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
