district succeeded death_place death_date birth_place party profession term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
2nd william a. dawson coalville , utah 02 december 1964 coalville , utah democratic lawyer january 3 , 1947 frederick c. loofbourow 19 january 1878 march 4 , 1933 j. w. robinson
 utah j. w. robinson brigham young university
j. w. robinson

james william robinson -lrb- january 19 , 1878 - december 2 , 1964 -rrb- 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 provo 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 -lrb- march 4 , 1933 -- january 3 , 1947 -rrb- .
he served as chairman of the committee on public lands -lrb- seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh congresses -rrb- , committee on roads -lrb- seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth congresses -rrb- .
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 .
