George T. Cobb

George T. Cobb

Infobox Congressman
name = George Thomas Cobb


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state = New Jersey
district = 4th
party = Democrat
term = March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
preceded = Jetur R. Riggs
succeeded = Andrew J. Rogers
date of birth = October 13, 1813
place of birth = Morristown, New Jersey
date of death = August 12, 1870
place of death = White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
spouse =
profession = Politician
religion =
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George Thomas Cobb (October 13, 1813, Morristown, New Jersey – August 12, 1870, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863.

Cobb was born in Morristown, New Jersey on October 13, 1813. He became an orphan when six years of age and received very little schooling. He was employed at an early age as a clerk in a store at Denville, New Jersey and later employed at the iron works at Powerville and Boonton, New Jersey. He transferred to a store in New York City. He engaged in foreign trade and retired from active business pursuits after having amassed a fortune. He returned to New Jersey, and was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863, and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862.

After leaving Congress, he was affiliated with the Republican Party in 1863 and as such was elected a member of the New Jersey Senate in 1865 and again in 1868. He was mayor of Morristown from 1865-1869; became a trustee of Drew Theological Seminary in 1868 and served until his death. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1869. He was killed in an accident on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Jerrys Run, near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on August 12, 1870, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#R9M0ISWPC George Thomas Cobb] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6712509 George Thomas Cobb] at Find A Grave


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