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See also
Jed
Cobb Adams —
Cornelius
Newton Bliss, Jr. —
Louis
Jefferson Brann —
Ellsworth
Bunker —
Emory
P. Close —
Gilda
Cobb-Hunter —
Sarah
Curry-Cobb —
Nathaniel
Cobb Deering —
Seth
Griffith Ellegood —
Andrew
Cobb Erwin —
Warren
Green Hooper —
Priscilla
Cobb Humphreys —
Owen
McMahon Johnson —
Alfred
Mossman Landon —
Leah
Cobb Marion —
John
Milton —
George
Sylvester Taylor —
Lindley
Murray Webb |
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Cobb, Alice —
of Cody, Park
County, Wyo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1940.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Amasa (1823-1905) —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Palestine, Crawford
County, Ill., September
27, 1823.
Son of John Cobb and Nancy (Briggs) Cobb.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1855-56; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1863-71; mayor of
Lincoln, Neb., 1875-76; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1878-92; chief
justice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1884-86, 1890-92.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 5,
1905 (age 81 years, 281
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Cobb, Andrew B. —
of Parsippany, Morris
County, N.J.
Democrat. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1864.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Andrew Jackson (b.
1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April 12,
1857.
Son of Howell Cobb and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; Presidential Elector for
Georgia, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Andrew Whitney
(1911-1975) —
also known as Andrew W. Cobb —
of Duplain Township, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Duplain Township, Clinton
County, Mich., February
12, 1911.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1950-64 (Clinton County 1950-54,
Eaton District 1955-64); candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., January
21, 1975 (age 63 years, 343
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Elsie, Mich.
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Cobb, Beatrice —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Female.
Still living as of 1952.
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Cobb, Betty R. —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Charles Elvan, Jr. (b.
1936) —
Born in 1936.
U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1989-92.
Still living as of 2001.
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Cobb, Charles S. —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Kennebec County (3rd),
1931-32.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Clinton Levering
(1842-1879) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., August
25, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1869-75;
defeated, 1874.
Died in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., April 30,
1879 (age 36 years, 248
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Cobb, Collier —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, D. Raymond —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 38th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Daniel —
of Minnesota.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, David (1748-1830) —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Gouldsboro, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., March 14,
1748.
Physician;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; common
pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1784-96; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1789-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1793-95; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1802; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1809-10.
Died in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., April 17,
1830 (age 82 years, 34
days).
Interment at Plain
Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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Cobb, David Keith (b.
1962) —
also known as David Cobb —
Born in San Leon, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1962.
Green. Lawyer;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party
presidential nominee Michael
Bednarik, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cobb, Delmarie —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, Dick —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Floyd L., Jr. —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 3rd District,
1958.
Still living as of 1958.
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Cobb, Fordyce A. —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Republican. Chair of
Tompkins County Republican Party, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Francis —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, George C. —
U.S. Vice Consul in SAINT Michaels, 1921; Jerusalem, 1922; Alexandria, 1924; Le Havre, 1926; Nancy, 1926; Dakar, 1929; SAINT John's, 1932; Tahiti, 1938; Windsor, 1943.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, George Henry —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, George P. —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Circuit
judge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1888-93.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, George Thomas
(1813-1870) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., October
13, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1861-63; mayor
of Morristown, N.J., 1865; member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1868.
Killed in an accident
on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
12, 1870 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Cobb, Grace M. —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Republican. Member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1945.
Female.
Still living as of 1945.
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Cobb, H. M. —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Bartow, Fla., 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cobb, Hallie Martin —
of Hinton, Summers
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee, 1937.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Helen (c.1922-1999) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., about 1922.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1963.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Indicted
in 1970 on bribery
conspiracy charges
in connection with the "Yellow Cab Scandal";
acquitted.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and diabetes,
at Chase Medical
Center, El Cajon, San Diego
County, Calif., March 8,
1999 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Henry —
of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Cobb, Henry E. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Mayor
of Newton, Mass., 1896-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Howell (1772-1818) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., August 3,
1772.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2nd
District 1809-11, at-large 1811-12).
Died in Jefferson
County, Ga., May 27,
1818 (age 45 years, 297
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ga.
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Cobb, Howell (1815-1868) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., September
7, 1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,
6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1849-51; Governor of
Georgia, 1851-53; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1868 (age 53 years, 32
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Cobb, J. H. —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, James A. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1920;
municipal judge in District of Columbia, 1926-.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, James C. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, James Edward
(1835-1903) —
also known as James E. Cobb —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., October
5, 1835.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1887-97.
Died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., June 2,
1903 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
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Cobb, Jim —
of Williston, Levy
County, Fla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Cobb, Joe Michael —
of California; Arizona.
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 48th District, 2000, 2002;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, John —
U.S. Consular Agent in Casablanca, 1897-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, John —
of Vernon, Lamar
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Josiah F. —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Republican. Mayor
of South Portland, Maine, 1931-32.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Larry —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1986.
Still living as of 1986.
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Cobb, Lawrence —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Secretary of
California Republican Party, 1937.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Lorenzo D. —
of Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Luther —
of Blue Ridge, Fannin
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Norman E. —
of Denver,
Colo.
Democrat. Member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cobb, Oliver W. —
of Massachusetts.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1903, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Osro —
of Caddo Gap, Montgomery
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,
1928,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952;
Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1953-62.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Mrs. Osro —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1960.
Female.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cobb, P. —
of Norman, Montgomery
County, Ark.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,
1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Cobb, Paul —
of Temple, Carroll
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cobb, Paul —
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Florida
state senate 40th District, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Cobb, Paul L. —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, Paul R. —
of Florida.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 15th District, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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Cobb, Philander —
of Kingston, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1876.
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, Mass.
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Cobb, Philander —
of Cove, Polk
County, Ark.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, R. H. —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, R. L. —
of Lyon
County, Ky.
Delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond See D. Raymond
Cobb |
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Cobb, Robert S. —
of Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Columbia, 1918.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Roland Hacker (b.
1895) —
of Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 5,
1895.
Son of Charles Edward Cobb and Harriett Hamblen (Hacker) Cobb.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine
state senate, 1949-50.
Quaker.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Ronald (born
c.1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cobb, Roy H. —
of Cabell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1946.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Rufus Willis
(1829-1913) —
of Alabama.
Born February
25, 1829.
Governor
of Alabama, 1878-82.
Died November
26, 1913 (age 84 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Cobb, Russell —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Cobb, S. G. —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Mexico, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Cobb, Samuel Crocker
(1826-1891) —
also known as Samuel C. Cobb —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., May 22,
1826.
Mayor
of Boston, Mass., 1874-76.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
18, 1891 (age 64 years, 272
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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Cobb, Seth Wallace
(1838-1909) —
also known as Seth W. Cobb —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
5, 1838.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1891-97 (9th District 1891-93, 12th
District 1893-97).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 22,
1909 (age 70 years, 168
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Cobb, Stephen Alonzo
(1833-1878) —
of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, June 17,
1833.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Kansas
state senate, 1862; mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1862, 1868; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1873-75.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
24, 1878 (age 45 years, 68
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Cobb, Sue —
Secretary
of state of Florida, 2006.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Cobb, Sue McCourt (b.
1937) —
Born in 1937.
U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes
(1823-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., April 10,
1823.
Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed
in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford
County, Va., December
13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Cobb, Thomas Reed
(1828-1892) —
also known as Thomas R. Cobb —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Springville, Lawrence
County, Ind., July 2,
1828.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-65; Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1868;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1877-87.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., June 23,
1892 (age 63 years, 357
days).
Interment at Old
Vincennes Cemetery, Vincennes, Ind.
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Cobb, Thomas S. —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1875.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Thomas Willis
(1784-1830) —
also known as Thomas W. Cobb —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., 1784.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia,
1828-30.
Died in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., February
1, 1830 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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Cobb County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: In his domestic circle he was
fond and affectionate. "As a friend he was ardent and devoted. As a
man, honorable, generous, and sincere. As a statesman, independent,
and inflexible. As a judge, pure, and incorruptible. Amiable in
private and useful in public life, his death was a deep affliction to
his children, his friends, and his country"; "An honest man's the
noblest work of God." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Cobb, Ty —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, W. L. —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1944.
Still living as of 1944.
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Cobb, William —
of Spring Mills, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Allegany County 2nd District, 1848.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, William E. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Republican. North Carolina
Republican state chair, 1958; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cobb, William J. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, William L. —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,
1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Cobb, William L. —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cobb, William O. —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Republican. Member of Maine
state senate 7th District, 1919-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, William Peyton —
also known as William P. Cobb —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1916;
secretary
of state of Alabama, 1919-23.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, William Titcomb
(1857-1937) —
also known as William T. Cobb —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born in Rockland, Knox
County, Maine, July 23,
1857.
Son of Francis Cobb and Martha J. (Chandler) Cobb.
Republican. Lime
manufacturing business; shipbuilder;
president and receiver, Bath Iron Works;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1889; Governor of
Maine, 1905-09; delegate to
Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County, 1933.
Universalist.
Died July 24,
1937 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cobb, Williamson Robert Winfield
(1807-1864) —
also known as Williamson R. W. Cobb —
of Bellefonte, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Rhea
County, Tenn., June 8,
1807.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8th
District 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61); Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District; defeated,
1861; elected 1863.
Killed by the accidental
discharge of his own pistol,
while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte, Jackson
County, Ala., November
1, 1864 (age 57 years, 146
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Madison County, Ala.
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Cobb, Z. L. —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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