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Photographer: Harris & Ewing, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (PD)
Taken: January 2, 1937
Caption: Joseph T. Robinson (1872-1937)
Additional Description: His political career began in 1894, when he was elected to the Arkansas legislature. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1903 to 1913, when he resigned to become Arkansas' 23rd governor. He served just 55 days as governor, resigning after the state legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate to serve the remaining term of the late Sen. Jefferson Davis. Robinson was the last Senator to be elected by a state legislature instead of direct popular vote; the U.S. Constitutional amendment requiring direct election of senators took effect a month after Robinson joined the Senate. A Democrat, he spent 24 years in the chamber, including four years as Senate Majority Leader and ten as Minority Leader.
Submitted: November 24, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p692430
File Size: 0.127 Megabytes

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