DescriptionA Senator Joe T Robinson commemorative coin in a case. The coin was made for the Arkansas centennial celebration in 1986. Joseph Taylor "Joe T." Robinson was born on August 16, 1872, in Lonoke County, Arkansas. After graduating from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Robinson won his 1894 campaign for state representative. He later won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1902, a position he held for a decade. In 1912, Robinson ran for governor and won. However, Senator Jeff Davis died of a heart attack before Robinson was inaugurated. Robinson decided to run for Davis' seat and won. During his short time as governor (1913), Robinson created a state banking board, a state health board, and the Arkansas Highway Commission. On March 8, 1913, Robinson officially resigned from the governorship to take his Senate seat. He died of a heart attack on July 14, 1937.
