Joseph T. Robinson

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Joseph T. Robinson
Senate Majority Leader
In office March 4, 1933 – July 14, 1937
Deputy	J. Hamilton Lewis
Preceded by	James Eli Watson
Succeeded by	Alben W. Barkley
Senate Minority Leader
In office December 3, 1923 – March 4, 1933
Deputy	Peter G. Gerry Morris Sheppard
Preceded by	Oscar Underwood
Succeeded by	Charles L. McNary
Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office December 3, 1923 – July 14, 1937
Preceded by	Gilbert Hitchcock (acting)
Succeeded by	Alben W. Barkley
United States Senator from Arkansas
In office March 10, 1913 – July 14, 1937
Preceded by	William M. Kavanaugh
Succeeded by	John E. Miller
23rd Governor of Arkansas
In office January 16, 1913 – March 8, 1913
Preceded by	George Washington Donaghey
Succeeded by	William Kavanaugh Oldham (Acting)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 6th district
In office March 4, 1903 – January 14, 1913
Preceded by	Stephen Brundidge Jr.
Succeeded by	Samuel M. Taylor
Personal details
Born	Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-08-26)August 26, 1872 Lonoke, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	July 14, 1937(1937-07-14) (aged 64) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Virginia (LLB)

Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving for four years as Senate Majority Leader and ten as Minority Leader. He previously served as the state's 23rd governor, and was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election.

After studying law at the University of Virginia, Robinson returned to Arkansas, winning election to the Arkansas General Assembly. He won election to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1913.^[1] He won election as governor of Arkansas in 1912, but resigned from that position in 1913 to take a seat in the Senate. In the Senate, Robinson established himself as a progressive and strong supporter of President Woodrow Wilson. Robinson served as the chairman of the 1920 Democratic National Convention and won election as the Senate Minority Leader in 1923. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1924 election and was nominated as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1928. The Democratic ticket of Al Smith and Robinson lost in a landslide to the Republican ticket of Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis.

The Democrats took control of the Senate after the 1932 Senate elections and elected Robinson as Senate Majority Leader. He passed Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs through the Senate, alienating some of his colleagues with his autocratic style. In the midst of debate over the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, Robinson died due to heart failure.