Samuel A. Dobbins

Infobox Congressman
name = Samuel Atkinson Dobbins


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state = New Jersey
district = 2nd
party = Republican
term = March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
preceded = Samuel C. Forker
succeeded = John H. Pugh
date of birth = April 14, 1814
place of birth = near Vincentown, New Jersey
date of death = May 26, 1886
place of death = Mount Holly Township, New Jersey
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profession = Politician
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Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814–May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873-1877.

Dobbins was born near Vincentown, New Jersey (in Burlington County) on April 14, 1814. He attended private and public schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Mount Holly Township, New Jersey in 1838 and continued farming. He was high sheriff of Burlington County from 1854-1857, and served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1859-1861. He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention. Dobbins was a trustee of the Pennington Seminary from 1866-1886, serving as president of the board of trustees for ten years.

Dobbins was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1876.

After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Mount Holly on May 26, 1886, and was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery.

External links

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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#R9M0IV5PJ Samuel Atkinson Dobbins] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6938413 Samuel Atkinson Dobbins] at Find A Grave