Joseph T. Robinson papers, 1913-1937.
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Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937
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Joseph T. Robinson The "Fightingest" Man in the U.S. Senate He never lost a battle. From schoolyard fights to clashes in the Senate, Joseph T. Robinson defeated all challengers. In the end, it was not a person, but a bill that struck down the first Democratic Senate majority leader Robinson had a fatal heart attack during his campaign to pass President Franklin Roosevelt's controversial "court packing" plan in 1937. Colleagues from both parties mourned his passing, while newspaper editoria...