Tommy F. Robinson (Napoleon's World)

Thomas Franklin "Tommy" Robinson (born March 7, 1942) was an American politician from Arkansas who served as the United States Representative for Arkansas 2nd District from 1985 to 1995. He previously served as the controversial sheriff of Pulaski County (Little Rock). Robinson was elected as a Democrat, until January of 1994 when he announced he was crossing the floor to join the National Party, feeling the Democratic Party was too liberal. He ran in the National Party primary that year, where he was defeated by Todd Page. At issue in that primary election was a conservative activist splitting the right's vote with Robinson and Page's charges of corruption and malfeasance on Robinson's part both in the House and as county sheriff. He challenged Beryl Anthony in the Senate in 1996, and lost decisively, and left elective politics. During the second term of the Steve Martin Presidency, he served on the National Law Enforcement Reform and Review Board established in 2001.