George Thomas Cobb (October 13, 1813 – August 12, 1870) was an American
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politician who represented
New Jersey
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's
4th congressional district for one term from 1861 to 1863.
Biography
Cobb was born in
on October 13, 1813. He became an orphan when six years of age and received very little schooling. He was employed at an early age as a clerk in a store at
Denville, New Jersey
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and later employed at the iron works at Powerville and
Boonton, New Jersey
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. He transferred to a store in New York City. He engaged in foreign trade and retired from active business pursuits after having amassed a fortune. He returned to New Jersey, and was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863, and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862.
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After leaving Congress, he was affiliated with the Republican Party in 1863 and as such was elected a member of the
New Jersey Senate
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in 1865 and again in 1868. He was
Mayor of Morristown, New Jersey Mayor of Morristown, New Jersey
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*David Manahan, 1986 to 1989
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from 1865 to 1869; became a trustee of Drew Theological Seminary in 1868 and served until his death. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the
United States Senate
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in 1869. He was killed in an accident on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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at Jerrys Run, near
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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on August 12, 1870, and was interred in
Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown.
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References
External links
George Thomas Cobb
at The Political Graveyard
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1813 births
1870 deaths
Republican Party New Jersey state senators
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Mayors of Morristown, New Jersey
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Morristown, New Jersey)
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Accidental deaths in West Virginia
Railway accident deaths in the United States
19th-century American legislators