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Close</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobbin-cochel.html#048.22.92">Gilda Cobb-Hunter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtenius-curtin.html#068.62.83">Sarah Curry-Cobb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davidson.html#834.90.39">James Edward Davidson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#031.00.23">Nathaniel Cobb Deering</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#315.07.99">Seth Griffith Ellegood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gardner.html#705.42.93">Henry Joseph Gardner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hooper.html#347.50.58">Warren Green Hooper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#864.83.97">Priscilla Cobb Humphreys</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#038.84.34">Owen McMahon Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#327.55.37">Alfred Mossman Landon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#826.12.66">Andrew Clark Lippitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#666.23.65">Leah Cobb Marion</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millsap-minehart.html#794.54.64">John Milton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#412.38.20">George Sylvester Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#651.88.29">Lindley Murray Webb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#489.15.51">Nathan Bryan Whitfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#519.69.85">Emmett Robinson Wooten</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="688.37.14">Cobb, Albert N.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/norwich.html#3">Norwich, N.Y.</a>, 1928-33 (acting, 1928). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="940.66.50">Cobb, Alice</a> — of Cody, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-lived.html">Park County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/WY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cobb, Allen See <a href="#049.87.55">W. Allen Cobb</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="824.38.87">Cobb, Alvin A.</a> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/neworleans.html">mayor of New Orleans, La.</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor9.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/794/04.71.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Amasa Cobb"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="794.04.71">Cobb, Amasa</a> (1823-1905) — of Mineral Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-lived.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis.; Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Palestine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/09-27.html">September 27, 1823</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1855-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1863-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html">mayor of Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 1875-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Nebraska state supreme court</a>, 1878-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Nebraska state supreme court</a>, 1884-86, 1890-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-05.html">July 5, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-buried.html#cms03202">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Lincoln, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Cobb and Nancy (Briggs) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/12-26.html">December 26, 1849</a>, to Philadelphia Sudduth.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000543">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402676">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amasa Cobb">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Lincoln</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.00.62">Cobb, Andrew</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Morris County, 1850. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="680.44.19">Cobb, Andrew B.</a> — of Parsippany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Morris County 2nd District, 1854; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Morris County, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NJ.html">1864</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="188.42.04">Cobb, Andrew J.</a> — U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IN-consuls.html ">Calcutta</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="170.19.69">Cobb, Andrew Jackson</a> (b. 1857) — also known as Andrew J. Cobb — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-12.html">April 12, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1897-1907; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-03.html">March 3, 1880</a>, to Starkie Campbell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/159/44.34.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Andrew W. Cobb"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="159.44.34">Cobb, Andrew Whitney</a> (1911-1975) — also known as Andrew W. Cobb — of Duplain Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich. Born in Duplain Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-12.html">February 12, 1911</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1950-64 (Clinton County 1950-54, Eaton District 1955-64); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 30th District, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Died in St. Johns, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-died.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/01-21.html">January 21, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-buried.html#cms08092">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Elsie, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/10-31.html">October 31, 1936</a>, to E. Jean Mansfield.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22136129">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="881.19.10">Cobb, B. C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lincoln County, 1876-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.79.15">Cobb, Bayless E.</a> — of Canyon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/RA-lived.html">Randall County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/canyon.html#2">Canyon, Tex.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.37.19">Cobb, Beatrice</a> — of Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-lived.html">Burke County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NC.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NC.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NC.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NC.html">Democratic National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 1939-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="576.44.68">Cobb, Betty R.</a> — of Carrollton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="902.90.43">Cobb, Charles Elvan, Jr.</a> (b. 1936) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a>. U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IC-diplomats.html ">Iceland</a>, 1989-92. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cobb-charles-elvan ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="542.74.05">Cobb, Charles S.</a> — of Eaton Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/eatonrapids.html">Mayor of Eaton Rapids, Mich.</a>, 1888-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.54.70">Cobb, Charles S.</a> — of Gardiner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Kennebec County (3rd), 1931-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="139.99.28">Cobb, Clinton Levering</a> (1842-1879) — of North Carolina. Born in Elizabeth City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-born.html">Pasquotank County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/08-25.html">August 25, 1842</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 1st District, 1869-75; defeated, 1874. Died in Elizabeth City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-died.html">Pasquotank County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-30.html">April 30, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">36 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-buried.html#cms03301">Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Elizabeth City, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000544">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402677">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.44.06">Cobb, Collier</a> — of Chapel Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NC.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.43.33">Cobb, D. Raymond</a> — of Syracuse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 38th District, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="549.08.70">Cobb, Daniel</a> — of Minnesota. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1869. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="638.85.69">Cobb, David</a> (1748-1830) — of Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass.; Gouldsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. Born in Attleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1748/09-14.html">September 14, 1748</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1784-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives</a>, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 3rd District, 1793-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1809-10. Died in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/04-17.html">April 17, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03086">Plain Cemetery</a>, Taunton, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000545">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402678">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Cobb %28Massachusetts%29">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7870430">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="236.46.65">Cobb, David</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Edgecombe County, 1862-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="597.99.99">Cobb, David Keith</a> (b. 1962) — also known as David Cobb — Born in San Leon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-born.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-24.html">December 24, 1962</a>. Green. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/attygn.html">Texas state attorney general</a>, 2002; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Arrested</a>, in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party presidential nominee <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#793.83.42">Michael Bednarik</a>, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">protesting</a> their exclusion from presidential debates. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1753030">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=3462">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.14.95">Cobb, Delmarie</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="023.11.01">Cobb, Dick</a> — of El Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CA-lived.html">Canadian County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OK.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="614.12.48">Cobb, Floyd L., Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oakland County 3rd District, 1958. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="119.60.60">Cobb, Fordyce A.</a> — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-parties.html">Chair of Tompkins County Republican Party</a>, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="858.79.07">Cobb, Francis</a> — of Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/ME.html">1856</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="782.42.16">Cobb, George C.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AZ-consuls.html ">St. Michaels</a>, as of 1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IS-consuls.html ">Jerusalem</a>, as of 1922; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Alexandria</a>, as of 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Le Havre</a>, as of 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Nancy</a>, as of 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SN-consuls.html ">Dakar</a>, as of 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NF-consuls.html ">St. John's</a>, as of 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FP-consuls.html ">Tahiti</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Windsor</a>, as of 1943. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA22"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/202/44.88.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="George H. Cobb"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.44.88">Cobb, George Henry</a> (b. 1864) — also known as George H. Cobb — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Born in Hounsfield town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-officials.html">Jefferson County District Attorney</a>, 1899; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-19.html">April 19, 1893</a>, to Louisa Wenzel.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1907</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="540.66.46">Cobb, George P.</a> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 18th Circuit, 1888-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="747.14.74">Cobb, George S.</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ala. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/auburn.html#2">Auburn, Ala.</a>, 1882-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.47.24">Cobb, George Thomas</a> (1813-1870) — of Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Born in Morristown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-born.html">Morris County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-13.html">October 13, 1813</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 4th District, 1861-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/morristown.html">mayor of Morristown, N.J.</a>, 1865; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NJ.html">1868</a>. Killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">accident</a> on the Chesapeake & Ohio <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/railroad.html">Railroad</a> near White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-died.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-12.html">August 12, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-buried.html#cms02291">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Morristown, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000546">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402679">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="787.97.71">Cobb, Grace M.</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ME.html">Maine Republican State Committee</a>, 1945. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.18.17">Cobb, H. M.</a> — of Bartow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PK-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/bartow.html">Mayor of Bartow, Fla.</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="417.53.01">Cobb, Hallie Martin</a> — of Hinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-lived.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="647.82.32">Cobb, Hamner</a> — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HA-lived.html">Hale County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/AL.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="927.73.34">Cobb, Helen</a> (c.1922-1999) — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-born.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan., about 1922. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sandiego.html">mayor of San Diego, Calif.</a>, 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Indicted</a> in 1970 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery conspiracy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a> in connection with the "Yellow Cab <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Scandal</a>"; acquitted. Died, from complications of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/emphysema.html">emphysema</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, at Chase <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, El Cajon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-died.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/03-08.html">March 8, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="706.40.07">Cobb, Henry</a> — of Tupelo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MS.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.43.50">Cobb, Henry E.</a> — of Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/newton.html">Mayor of Newton, Mass.</a>, 1896-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.49.78">Cobb, Howell</a> (1772-1818) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/08-03.html">August 3, 1772</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2nd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-12). Slaveowner. Died near Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/05-27.html">May 27, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 297 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-buried.html#cms07104">a private or family graveyard</a>, Jefferson County, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Mildred (Lewis) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/05-08.html">May 8, 1810</a>, to Martha A. Jacquelin (Rootes) Rootes; uncle of <a href="#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0077.html">Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family</a> of New Jersey; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0153.html">Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0020.html">Clay family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0402.html">Lewis-Pollard family</a> of Texas (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000547">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33906508">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="329.56.23">Cobb, Howell</a> (1815-1868) — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-07.html">September 7, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1857-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-09.html">October 9, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/">1835</a> to Mary Ann Lamar; nephew of <a href="#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Howell Cobb (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scuttled as a breakwater in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Cook Inlet</a>, 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000548">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402681">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/howell-cobb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000206503">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8962">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Howell Cobb: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083699163X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=083699163X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Scriptural Examination of the Institution of Slavery in the United States, With its Objects and Purposes</a> (1856)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="135.48.15">Cobb, Howell</a> (1922-2005) — Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-07.html">December 7, 1922</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas</a>, 1985-2001; took senior status 2001. Died in Castine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/09-16.html">September 16, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 283 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=462&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cobb-howell">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="490.76.24">Cobb, J. H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ju-lived.html">Juneau</a>, Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AK.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="883.77.64">Cobb, James A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Arcadia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/BI-born.html">Bienville Parish</a>, La. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DC.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); municipal judge in District of Columbia, 1926-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="920.08.01">Cobb, James C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DC.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.24.24">Cobb, James Edward</a> (1835-1903) — also known as James E. Cobb — of Tuskegee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Ala. Born in Thomaston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/UP-born.html">Upson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/10-05.html">October 5, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Alabama, 1874-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 5th District, 1887-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention</a>, 1901. Died in East Las Vegas (now part of Las Vegas), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SM-died.html">San Miguel County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-02.html">June 2, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 240 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MC-buried.html#cms00096">Tuskegee Cemetery</a>, Tuskegee, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000549">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402682">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James E. Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25204820">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="531.14.45">Cobb, Jesse</a> — of Dobbs County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>), N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Dobbs County, 1778-79. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="136.06.31">Cobb, Jim</a> — of Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LV-lived.html">Levy County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/FL.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="336.90.92">Cobb, Joe Michael</a> — of California; Arizona. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 48th District, 2000, 2002; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="708.01.96">Cobb, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Morris County, 1796. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="898.45.06">Cobb, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Lenoir County, 1820. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.17.68">Cobb, John</a> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-consuls.html ">Casablanca</a>, as of 1884-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.20.93">Cobb, John A.</a> — of Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LM-lived.html">Lamar County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/AL.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AL.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="794.87.92">Cobb, John B.</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/BA-lived.html">Bartholomew County</a>, Ind. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/columbus.html#2">Columbus, Ind.</a>, 1862-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="435.92.88">Cobb, Joseph</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ED-lived.html">Edgecombe County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Edgecombe County, 1872-74. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="352.39.01">Cobb, Josiah F.</a> — of South Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/southportland.html">Mayor of South Portland, Maine</a>, 1931-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="248.84.13">Cobb, Larry</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 1st District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="667.06.96">Cobb, Lawrence</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">Secretary of California Republican Party</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="662.12.23">Cobb, Lorenzo D.</a> — of Cattaraugus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1856. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.89.37">Cobb, Luther</a> — of Blue Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FN-lived.html">Fannin County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/GA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="590.50.66">Cobb, Marcius L.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 12th District, 1878. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="951.01.30">Cobb, Mary B.</a> — of Pejepscot, Topsham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/topsham.html#2">Pejepscot, Maine</a>, 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="204.46.52">Cobb, Norman E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/sthse.html">Colorado state house of representatives</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="214.06.24">Cobb, Oliver W.</a> — of Easthampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1903, 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="626.65.46">Cobb, Osro</a> (1904-1996) — of Caddo Gap, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ark.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-28.html">May 28, 1904</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/AR.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AR.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/AR.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/AR.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/AR.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/AR.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1936; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AR.html">Arkansas Republican state chair</a>, 1937-41; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 4th District, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas</a>, 1953-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/spju.html">justice of Arkansas state supreme court</a>, 1960. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/01-17.html">January 17, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/OU-buried.html# ">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Camden, Ark. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/09-15.html">September 15, 1938</a>, to Audrey Umsted.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76165791">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="219.23.89">Cobb, Mrs. Osro</a> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/AR.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="763.43.49">Cobb, P.</a> — of Norman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/AR.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.63.57">Cobb, P. C.</a> — of Fort Pierce, Brevard County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SL-lived.html">St. Lucie County</a>), Fla. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/fortpierce.html#2">Fort Pierce, Fla.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="341.51.96">Cobb, Paul</a> — of Temple, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/GA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="139.68.61">Cobb, Paul</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 40th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="543.62.95">Cobb, Paul L.</a> — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="562.20.78">Cobb, Paul R.</a> — of Florida. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 15th District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="838.28.86">Cobb, Philander</a> — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MA.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MA.html">1880</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-buried.html#cms08503">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Kingston, Mass. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="797.96.15">Cobb, Philander</a> — of Caddo Gap, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ark.; Cove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PL-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AR.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/AR.html">1940</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="715.34.53">Cobb, R. H.</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MU-lived.html">Muscogee County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/GA.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="666.03.98">Cobb, R. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LY-lived.html">Lyon County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cobb, Raymond See <a href="#933.43.33">D. Raymond Cobb</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="085.57.44">Cobb, Robert S.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Columbia, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="591.96.51">Cobb, Roland Hacker</a> (b. 1895) — of Denmark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine. Born in Westbrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-05.html">May 5, 1895</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>, 1949-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu.html">Sigma Nu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Cobb and Harriett Hamblen (Hacker) Cobb.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="843.86.85">Cobb, Ron L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> 25th District, 1980-82. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="501.69.10">Cobb, Ronald</a> (born c.1952) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born about 1952. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/KS.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="783.27.24">Cobb, Roy H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="064.77.33">Cobb, Rufus Willis</a> (1829-1913) — of Alabama. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/02-25.html">February 25, 1829</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1878-82. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-26.html">November 26, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html#cms05245">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/rufus-willis-cobb/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="505.41.50">Cobb, Russell</a> — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OK.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="457.21.13">Cobb, S. C.</a> — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pensacola.html">Mayor of Pensacola, Fla.</a>, 1868-70. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="670.03.32">Cobb, S. G.</a> — of Hobbs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/LE-lived.html">Lea County</a>, N.M. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NM.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.32.79">Cobb, S. W.</a> — of Hanover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/hanover.html">Hanover, N.H.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="264.40.17">Cobb, Samuel Crocker</a> (1826-1891) — also known as Samuel C. Cobb — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Taunton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-22.html">May 22, 1826</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html">Mayor of Boston, Mass.</a>, 1874-77. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/02-18.html">February 18, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 272 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00452">Forest Hills Cemetery</a>, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Aurelia Ladd.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23091079">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="498.54.38">Cobb, Seth Wallace</a> (1838-1909) — also known as Seth W. Cobb — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born near Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-born.html">Dinwiddie County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/12-05.html">December 5, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1891-97 (9th District 1891-93, 12th District 1893-97). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-22.html">May 22, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00518">Calvary Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000550">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402683">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.80.85">Cobb, Stephen Alonzo</a> (1833-1878) — of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/06-17.html">June 17, 1833</a>. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1862; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html#3">mayor of Wyandotte, Kan.</a>, 1862, 1868; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/sthse.html">Kansas state house of representatives</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> at-large, 1873-75. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-died.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/08-24.html">August 24, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-buried.html#cms00612">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Kansas City, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000551">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402684">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="826.61.39">Cobb, Sue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Florida</a>, 2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="990.36.67">Cobb, Sue McCourt</a> (b. 1937) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a>. U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JM-diplomats.html ">Jamaica</a>, 2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/cobb-sue-mccourt ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="047.55.67">Cobb, Theodore Gettys</a> (b. 1867) — also known as Theodore G. Cobb — of Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-lived.html">Burke County</a>, N.C. Born in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CA-born.html">Catawba County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/05-09.html">May 9, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/morganton.html">Mayor of Morganton, N.C.</a>, 1903-04; chief clerk, North Carolina House of Representatives, 1909, 1911, 1913. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of R. A. Cobb and Matilda (Falls) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/12-14.html">December 14, 1887</a>, to Martha Ella Kincaid.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="991.10.16">Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes</a> (1823-1862) — also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-10.html">April 10, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">killed</a> in the battle of Fredericksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ST-died.html">Stafford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-13.html">December 13, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Marion McHenry Lumpkin (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#118.73.06">Joseph Henry Lumpkin</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</a>); father of Marion Birdie Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#997.75.90">Michael Hoke Smith</a>); nephew of <a href="#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="265.89.89">Cobb, Thomas Reed</a> (1828-1892) — also known as Thomas R. Cobb — of Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind. Born in Springville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-02.html">July 2, 1828</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1859-65; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IN.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1877-87. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/06-23.html">June 23, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-buried.html#cms03302">Old Vincennes Cemetery</a>, Vincennes, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000552">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402685">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="548.86.61">Cobb, Thomas S.</a> — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 15th District, 1875. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="449.73.40">Cobb, Thomas Willis</a> (1784-1830) — also known as Thomas W. Cobb — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-lived.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga.; Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CU-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/index.html">1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia, 1828-30. Slaveowner. Died in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GE-died.html">Greene County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/02-01.html">February 1, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GE-buried.html#cms02438">Greensboro Cemetery</a>, Greensboro, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CB.html">Cobb County, Ga.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">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."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000553">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402686">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas W. Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33908467">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="386.88.59">Cobb, Ty</a> — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NV.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.87.55">Cobb, W. Allen</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1968-71 (District 10-B 1968-69, District 10-A 1970-71); defeated, 1971. Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="739.88.13">Cobb, W. K.</a> — of Brady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MU-lived.html">McCulloch County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/brady.html">Mayor of Brady, Tex.</a>, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="518.83.19">Cobb, W. L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CL-lived.html">Caroline County</a>, Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention</a> from Caroline County, 1901-02. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.85.02">Cobb, W. L.</a> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/GA.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="969.56.24">Cobb, William</a> — of Spring Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Allegany County 2nd District, 1848, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="834.66.74">Cobb, William B.</a> — of Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norfolk, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="174.24.04">Cobb, William E.</a> — of Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-lived.html">Burke County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NC.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NC.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NC.html">North Carolina Republican state chair</a>, 1958. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="426.62.38">Cobb, William J.</a> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="494.03.71">Cobb, William L.</a> — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MI.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="704.28.00">Cobb, William L.</a> — of Kenosha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/KE-lived.html">Kenosha County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/WI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/WI.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="556.62.60">Cobb, William O.</a> — of Gardiner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 7th District, 1919-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.67.24">Cobb, William Peyton</a> — also known as William P. Cobb — of Tuskegee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/AL.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Alabama</a>, 1919-23. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.29.39">Cobb, William Titcomb</a> (1857-1937) — also known as William T. Cobb — of Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Born in Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/07-23.html">July 23, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Lime manufacturing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">shipbuilder</a>; president and receiver, Bath <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron Works</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gvcn.html">Maine Governor's Council</a>, 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1905-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Knox County, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. Died in Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/07-24.html">July 24, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 1 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-buried.html#cms02459">Achorn Cemetery</a>, Rockland, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Francis Cobb and Martha J. (Chandler) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/06-14.html">June 14, 1882</a>, to Lucy C. Banks.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-titcomb-cobb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74790236">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="347.91.49">Cobb, William V.</a> — of Smyrna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CB-lived.html">Cobb County</a>, Ga. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/smyrna.html#2">Smyrna, Ga.</a>, 1922-33. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="755.37.26">Cobb, Williamson Robert Winfield</a> (1807-1864) — also known as Williamson R. W. Cobb — of Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RH-born.html">Rhea County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/06-08.html">June 8, 1807</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1845; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a>, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8th District 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a> 3rd District; defeated, 1861; elected 1863. Slaveowner. Killed by the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gun-accidents.html">accidental discharge</a> of his own <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">pistol</a>, while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/11-01.html">November 1, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 146 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-buried.html#cms04878">a private or family graveyard</a>, Madison County, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000554">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402687">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.18.66">Cobb, Zachary L.</a> — of El Paso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TX.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/TXcc nEP">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1917. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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