Background
ROBINSON, Ira Ellsworth was born in near Grafton, West Virginia, United States.
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Ira Ellsworth ROBINSON
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Fairmont State Normal School, 1889. University of Virginia, law, Admitted to Bar, 1891. Began practice at Grafton, W. Virginia, 1891.
Prosecuting Attorney, for Taylor Company, W. Virginia, 1896-1900.
Career
Elected Member W. Virginia Senate, 1902. Chairman, Committee on Taxation and Finance. Recognized floor leader.
Served as Regent, W. Virginia State Normal Schools, 1901-1907. Appointed Judge, Supreme Court of Appeals, W. Virginia, by Governor October 1907, elected November 1908. Resigned October 1915, having served as Chief Justice, 2 years Republican nominee for Governor of W. Virginia, 1916.
Chairman, Draft Appeals Board, 1917-1918. Lecturer, W. Virginia University, College, of Law and Northwestern University, Chicago, 111. Chairman, Criminal Law Section, American Bar Association.
1921. Appointed to Federation Radio Commission by President Coolidge, March 1928, reappointed February 1929. again reappointed by President Hoover, February 1930. Chairman of Commission. 2 years Contributor to Legal Periodicals.
Membership
Member of W. Virginia, American Bar Associations. American Institute, of Criminal Law and Criminology (president, 1915-1916). Club: University (Washington).
