He returned to Washington to serve as chief of the law division for the United States Bureau of Pensions from 1929 to 1935.

Afterward he returned to Louisville to practice law, serving as general counsel for the Kentucky Republican Party from 1938 to 1942.

Robsion served in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946; he was posted to Africa, Italy, and Austria in that time.

[1] Robsion was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959 but lost the election to Democrat Bert T. Combs.

Robsion died in Fort Lauderdale on February 14, 1990, and was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.