Thomas J. B. Robinson
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Thomas John Bright Robinson (August 12, 1868 - January 27, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in New Diggings, Wisconsin, Robinson moved with his parents to Hampton, Iowa, in 1870. He attended the public schools and the Hampton High School. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as president of the Citizens National Bank of Hampton 1907-1923. He served as member of the Hampton Board of Education and board of trustees of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. He served as member of the State senate 1912-1916. He served as delegate to many Republican State conventions.
Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He engaged in the real estate and investment business. He died in Hampton, Iowa, January 27, 1958. He was interred in Hampton Cemetery.
