George Thomas Cobb (October 13, 1813 – August 12, 1870) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 4th congressional district, 4th congressional district for one term from 1861 to 1863.
Biography
Cobb was born in Morristown, New Jersey 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 and later employed at the iron works at Powerville and Boonton, New Jersey. 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 37th United States Congress, 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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''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 19, 2022.
After leaving Congress, he was affiliated with the Republican Party in 1863 and as such was elected a member of the New Jersey Senate in 1865 and again in 1868. He was Mayor of Morristown, New Jersey 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 in 1869. He was killed in an accident on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Jerrys Run, near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on August 12, 1870, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown.
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George Thomas Cobb
at The Political Graveyard
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1813 births
1870 deaths
Republican Party New Jersey state senators
Politicians from Morristown, New Jersey
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)
Burials in New Jersey
Accidental deaths in West Virginia
Railway accident deaths in the United States
19th-century American legislators