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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Stephen A. Cobb</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:StephenACobb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/StephenACobb.jpg/220px-StephenACobb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/StephenACobb.jpg/330px-StephenACobb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/StephenACobb.jpg/440px-StephenACobb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1870" data-file-height="2992" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>'s <span data-sort-value="KansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas's at-large congressional district">at-large</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat created</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat eliminated</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">Kansas House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1872</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas State Senate">Kansas State Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1862<br />1869<br />1870</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1833-06-17</span>)</span>June 17, 1833<br /><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Maine" title="Madison, Maine">Madison, Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 24, 1878<span style="display:none">(1878-08-24)</span> (aged 45)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City, Kansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen Alonzo Cobb</b> (June 17, 1833 – August 24, 1878) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Maine" title="Madison, Maine">Madison, Maine</a>, Cobb attended the common schools. He moved with his father to Minnesota in 1850, where Stephen found work in the lumber business.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied languages and prepared for college. He entered Beloit College, <a href="/wiki/Beloit,_Wisconsin" title="Beloit, Wisconsin">Beloit, Wisconsin</a>, in 1854, where he was a student for two years. He was graduated from <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, in 1858. He settled in <a href="/wiki/Wyandotte,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyandotte, Kansas">Wyandotte, Kansas</a>, in 1859 and commenced the practice of law. He entered the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> in 1862. He became captain and commissary sergeant of Volunteers on May 18, 1864. Brevetted major August 16, 1865, and honorably discharged on September 23, 1865. He served as mayor of Wyandotte in 1862 and again in 1868. He served in the State senate in 1862, 1869, and 1870. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1872 and served as speaker. </p><p>Cobb was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/43rd_United_States_Congress" title="43rd United States Congress">Forty-third</a> Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the <a href="/wiki/44th_United_States_Congress" title="44th United States Congress">Forty-fourth</a> Congress. He died in Wyandotte (now a part of Kansas City), Kansas, August 24, 1878. 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Cobb (id: C000551)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Stephen+A.+Cobb+%28id%3A+C000551%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DC000551&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+A.+Cobb" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td 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Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Doolittle" title="Dudley Doolittle">Doolittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Hoch" title="Homer Hoch">Hoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carpenter" title="Randolph Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner_E._Shriver" title="Garner E. Shriver">Shriver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Glickman" title="Dan Glickman">Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Tiahrt" title="Todd Tiahrt">Tiahrt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Pompeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas05 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Anderson" title="John Alexander Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Kansas_politician)" title="John Davis (Kansas politician)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Vincent" title="William D. Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollin_R._Rees" title="Rollin R. Rees">R. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_T._Helvering" title="Guy T. Helvering">Helvering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Strong" title="James G. Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Ayres" title="William Augustus Ayres">Ayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mills_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mills Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. 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Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(Kansas_politician)" title="William Baker (Kansas politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_B._McCormick" title="Nelson B. McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Reeder" title="William Augustus Reeder">Reeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_D._Young" title="Isaac D. Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Connelly" title="John R. Connelly">Connelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_B._White" title="Hays B. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I._Sparks" title="Charles I. 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