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词条 J. Kenneth Robinson
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Political career

     Electoral history 

  4. References

  5. External links

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| birthname= James Kenneth Robinson
| image name= J Kenneth Robinson 98th Congressional Portrait.jpg
| state=Virginia
| district=7th
| party=Republican
| term_start= January 3, 1971
| term_end= January 3, 1985
| preceded=John O. Marsh, Jr.
| succeeded=D. French Slaughter, Jr.
| state_senate2 = Virginia
| district2 = 21st
| term_start2 = January 12, 1966
| term_end2 = January 3, 1971
| preceded2 = Curry Carter
| succeeded2 = William A. Truban
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| birth_place=Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|1990|04|08|1916|05|14}}
| death_place= Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
| spouse=
| religion=Quaker
| occupation=businessman
| alma_mater= Virginia Tech (B.S.)
|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}}
|rank = Major
|branch = United States Army
|serviceyears = 1941–1945
|battles = World War II
}}James Kenneth Robinson (May 14, 1916 – April 8, 1990) was a State Senator and U.S. Representative from Virginia.[1]

Early life

Born in Winchester, Virginia, Robinson attended the city's public schools, including Handley High School. He graduated with a B.S. in horticulture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia in 1937. He served as infantryman in the United States Army from 1941 to 1945. He was discharged with the rank of major, and was active in the American Legion despite his Quaker faith.

He married Katryn M. Rankin.

Career

Like the powerful Democratic Byrd family of Winchester, Robinson owned a fruit orchard and operated a fruit packing business, and had real estate and other business interests in the Winchester area. He was active in the Winchester Rotary Club, Izaak Walton League, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, Boy Scouts, Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce and the Winchester Elks Lodge.[2]

Political career

After redistricting following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Davis v. Mann as well as Virginia Governor Albertis Harrison's appointment of state Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. to succeed his deceased father in the U.S. Senate, voters in Byrd's long-held state senatorial district encompassing Clarke, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties and the City of Winchester (previously numbered the 24th (with the new addition of Loudoun County now numbered the 21st) elected Robinson to the Virginia Senate in 1965. He was re-elected to a four-year term in 1967.[3] Robinson served as chairman of the Republican delegation to the 1968 and 1969 general assembly.

Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1985), representing a district that included the Byrds' hometown of Winchester. This district had long been moving away from its Democratic roots; the conservative Democrats in this area had begun splitting their tickets in national contests as early as the 1930s. In 1972, he became the first Republican to win a second term in this district since Reconstruction. During his tenure, he served as the ranking minority member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

He did not seek re-election to the Ninety-ninth Congress. He lived in Winchester, Virginia, until his death there on April 8, 1990.

Electoral history

  • 1970; Robinson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 61.75% of the vote, defeating Democrat Murat Williams.
  • 1972; Robinson was re-elected with 99.95% of the vote, defeating Democrat Murat.
  • 1974; Robinson was re-elected with 52.64% of the vote, defeating Democrat George H. Gilliam.
  • 1976; Robinson was re-elected with 81.78% of the vote, defeating Independent James R. Hutt.
  • 1978; Robinson was re-elected with 64.29% of the vote, defeating Democrat Lewis Perley Fickett, Jr.
  • 1980; Robinson was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1982; Robinson was re-elected with 62.27% of the vote, defeating Democrat Lindsay G. Dorrier.

References

1. ^{{CongBio|R000337}}
2. ^Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) at p. 228
3. ^Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) at p. 92

External links

  • {{VaElectionsDatabase|6404}}
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| after=William Truban
| years=1966–1971
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| title = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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| before=John O. Marsh Jr.
| after=D. French Slaughter Jr.
| years=1971–1985}}{{s-end}}{{VirginiaRepresentatives07}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, J. Kenneth}}

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