Donald C. Dobbins

Donald Claude Dobbins (March 20, 1878 - February 14, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born on a farm near Dewey, Illinois, Dobbins attended the public schools, the University of Illinois at Urbana, Dixon (Illinois) Business College, and George Washington University, Washington, D.C.. He taught school 1896-1899. Stenographer and correspondent 1900-1906. United States post office inspector 1906-1909. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in Champaign, Illinois. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia in 1936.

Dobbins was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Champaign, Illinois, February 14, 1943. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

References

• Donald C. Dobbins at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Dobbins, Donald Claude
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Date of birth	March 20, 1878
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Date of death	February 14, 1943
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