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J. Kenneth Robinson

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J. Kenneth Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 7th district
In office
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1985
Preceded byJohn O. Marsh Jr.
Succeeded byD. French Slaughter Jr.
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 21st district
In office
January 12, 1966 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byHarry F. Byrd Jr. (redistricting)
Succeeded byWilliam A. Truban
Personal details
Born
James Kenneth Robinson

(1916-05-14)May 14, 1916
Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1990(1990-04-08) (aged 73)
Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKathryn M. Rankin
Children7
Alma materVirginia Tech (B.S.)
Occupationbusinessman, orchardist
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1941–1945
RankMajor
Battles/warsWorld War II

James Kenneth Robinson (May 14, 1916 – April 8, 1990) was a State Senator and U.S. Representative from Virginia.[1]

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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.

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

Robinson made his first bid for elected office in 1962, when he ran as a Republican in Virginia's 7th congressional district, which included his home in Winchester. This district, like most of Virginia, had long been dominated by the Byrd Machine; indeed, machine patriarch Harry F. Byrd Sr. was a Winchester native. However, Robinson nearly ended the long run of Democratic dominance in this seat, coming within 598 votes of defeating the Democratic nominee, John Marsh.[3] By this time, conservative Byrd Democrats had begun splitting their tickets in national contests out of chagrin over the New Deal as early as the 1930s, a trend that accelerated with the national party's embrace of civil rights for blacks.

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 retiring 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.[4] Robinson served as chairman of the Republican delegation to the 1968 and 1969 general assembly.

After Marsh opted not to run for a fifth term in 1970, Robinson entered the race to succeed him in 1970. His state senate district covered much of the congressional district's western portion. He defeated the former ambassador to El Salvador, Murat W. Williams, by a decisive margin. He defeated Williams in a rematch in 1972, becoming the first Republican to win a second term in this district since Reconstruction. He served as the ranking minority member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence by the time he stepped down in January 1985.[5]

Robinson became very popular in his district, even though many of its living residents had never been represented by a Republican before. After his first run for Congress, he only dropped below 60 percent of the vote once, in 1974 when a number of Republicans were unseated due to anger over the Watergate Scandal.

He did not seek an eighth term in 1984 due to ill health. He continued work in the fruit growing and packing business in Winchester until his death from pancreatic cancer on April 8, 1990.[5][6]

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 66.18% of the vote, defeating Democrat Williams.
  • 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. ^
    • United States Congress. "J. Kenneth Robinson (id: R000337)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) at p. 228
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - VA District 7 Race - Nov 06, 1962".
  4. ^ Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of Virginia 1962-1981 (Richmond, 1983) at p. 92
  5. ^ a b "Kenneth Robinson, 73, Former House Member". New York Times. New York, NY. April 11, 1990. p. 26.
  6. ^ "FORMER VA. CONGRESSMAN KENNETH ROBINSON, 73, DIES". Washington Post. Washington, D.C.

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Senate of Virginia
Preceded by Virginia Senator for the 21st District
1966–1971
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 7th congressional district

1971–1985
Succeeded by
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