Lloyd M. Robinette | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 16th district | |
| In office January 13, 1932 – November 2, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Ryland G. Craft |
| Succeeded by | J. Marion Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lloyd Mileham Robinette March 26, 1881 Blackwater, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 1951 (aged 70) Jonesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Roanoke College (AB) University of Virginia (LLB) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Lloyd Mileham Robinette (March 26, 1881 – November 2, 1951) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Robinette agreed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and was one of the leading opponents within Virginia of the powerful Byrd Organization, who U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd called "anti's".[1] Robinette represented his native Lee County, Virginia and adjacent Scott County for nearly two decades in the Virginia Senate, until his suicide days before the 1951 election.
- ^ Ronald L. Heinemann, Harry Byrd of Virginia (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1996) p. 263
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