ROBINSON, Tommy Franklin (1942-2024)
Democrat of Arkansas 
2nd congressional district
Served in House 1985-1988
Subsequently served as a Republican ( 1989-1991 )
Biography
A Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Ark., March 7, 1942; graduated from Little Rock High School, Little Rock, Ark., 1959; B.A., University of Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.; United States Navy, 1959-1963; North Little Rock Police Department and Arkansas State Police, 1963-1971; United States Marshal Service, 1971-1974; director of public safety, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, 1974-1975; police chief, city of Jacksonville, Ark., 1975-1979; director of public safety, State of Arkansas, 1979-1980; sheriff of Pulaski County, Ark., 1980-1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses until his resignation on December 31, 1990 (January 3, 1985-December 31, 1990); changed party affiliation from a Democrat to a Republican on July 28, 1989; was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Arkansas; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002; died on July 10, 2024, in Forrest City, Ark.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
