J. W. Robinson

James William Robinson (January 19, 1878 – December 2, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

Born in Coalville, Utah, Robinson attended public schools. He graduated from Brigham Young University and from the law school of the University of Chicago in 1912. He was admitted as member of the bar of the State of Utah in 1912 and practiced law in Utah County, Utah from 1912 to 1933.

Robinson served as County attorney of Utah County from 1918 to 1921 and was Democratic candidate for attorney general of Utah in 1924. He served as member of the board of regents of the University of Utah from 1925 to 1935.

Robinson was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses), Committee on Roads (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. He served as director of grazing in the Office of Land Management, Interior Department, Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1947, to January 31, 1949. He then returned to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Robinson died in Escondido, California, December 2, 1964 and is buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo.

Sources

• United States Congress. "J. W. Robinson (id: R000341)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

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Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham
Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield
Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson
Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington
Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster
Notes	*Alternately named Public Works and Public Works and Transportation.

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Territorial (1851–1895)	Seat Bernhisel Hooper Bernhisel Kinney Hooper G. Cannon Caine Rawlins F. Cannon
One At-large seat (1895–1913)	Seat Allen W. King Sutherland Howell
Two At-large seats (1913–1915)	Seat Howell Seat Johnson
Districts (1915–present) (3rd district established in 1983) (4th district established in 2013)	1st district Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop 2nd district Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd Owens Howe Marriott Monson Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart 3rd district Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz 4th district Matheson Love