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  Robertson, Absalom Willis
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1952-01-01  
 
NameAbsalom Willis Robertson
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Lexington, Virginia , United States
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Born May 27, 1887
DiedNovember 01, 1971 (84 years)
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Jun 08, 2023 09:31am
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Infoborn in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., May 27, 1887; moved to Lynchburg, Va., with his parents in 1891; attended the public schools of Lynchburg and Rocky Mount, Va.; graduated from the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va., in 1907, and from its law department in 1908; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Buena Vista, Rockbridge County, Va.; moved to Lexington, Rockbridge County, Va., in 1919 and continued the practice of law; member, State senate 1916-1922; during the First World War served in the United States Army as assistant camp adjutant at Camp Lee, Va., and in the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C., with the rank of major 1917-1919; served as Commonwealth's attorney for Rockbridge County 1922-1928; chairman of the State commission of game and inland fisheries 1926-1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until November 5, 1946, when he resigned; was nominated to the Eightieth Congress in 1946 but withdrew, having received the nomination for United States Senator; elected in 1946 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1949, caused by the death of Carter Glass; reelected in 1948, 1954, and 1960, and served from November 6, 1946, until his resignation December 30, 1966; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1966; co-chairman, Joint Committee on Defense Production (Eighty-fifth, Eighty-seventh, and Eighty-ninth Congresses), chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Eighty-sixth through Eighty-ninth Congresses); served as consultant to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1966-1968; retired and resided in Lexington, Va., until his death there November 1, 1971; interment in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery.

He is the father of televangelist and Christian Coalition founder Marion G. "Pat" Robertson.

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DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Son Pat Robertson 1930-2023

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  06/14/1966 VA US Senate - D Primary Lost 49.93% (-0.14%)
  11/08/1960 VA US Senate Won 81.42% (+67.15%)
  11/02/1954 VA US Senate Won 79.88% (+69.22%)
  11/02/1948 VA US Senate Won 65.60% (+34.75%)
  08/03/1948 VA US Senate - D Primary Won 70.31% (+40.62%)
  11/05/1946 VA US Senate - Special Election Won 68.16% (+39.13%)
  11/07/1944 VA - District 07 Won 59.87% (+19.73%)
  11/03/1942 VA - District 07 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1940 VA - District 07 Won 65.11% (+30.45%)
  11/08/1938 VA - District 07 Won 63.87% (+27.73%)
  11/03/1936 VA - District 07 Won 63.87% (+28.28%)
  11/06/1934 VA - District 07 Won 68.33% (+38.25%)
  11/08/1932 VA At-Large Won 8.21% (-0.06%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 R Lewis L. Strauss
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 12, 1949 NPA Reject