James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 – June 2, 1903) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Cobb attended the public schools and graduated from Emory College in

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in June 1856, where he studied law. He was

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and practiced law. He moved to Texas in 1857. He entered the

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in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. After his release, he settled in

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, and practiced law until 1874. He served as Circuit judge from 1874 to 1886. He was reelected as a judge in 1886, but before qualifying he was elected to Congress as a

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to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895). He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, but his rival for office challenged the election results. In a rare political reversal, his rival in the election, Albert T. Goodwyn, proved the election was stolen and Congress seated Goodwyn in April 1896. Cobb resumed the practice of law in

. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901. He died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.Mex., June 2, 1903 and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, James Edward 1835 births 1903 deaths People from Thomaston, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers Emory University alumni Confederate States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians Members of the United States House of Representatives removed by contest