Thomas R. Cobb

Thomas Reed Cobb ( born July 2, 1828 in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, † June 23, 1892 in Vincennes, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1887 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Cobb studied at Indiana University in Bloomington. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1851 admitted to the bar, he started working in Bedford in this profession. He was a member of the militia of Indiana, where he was promoted to Major in 1852. Politically, Cobb joined the Democratic Party. Between 1858 and 1866 he sat in the Senate of Indiana. Since 1867 he has been resident in Vincennes. 1876 ​​Cobb was president of the local Democratic Party congress in Indiana. In the same year he was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was nominated at the Samuel J. Tilden as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1876 Cobb was in the second electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Andrew Humphreys on March 4, 1877. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1887 five legislative sessions. From 1877 to 1881 he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage; 1883-1887 he headed the Committee for management of state property. 1886 Cobb waived on another Congress candidate. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He also engaged in farming. He died on June 23, 1892 in Vincennes, where he was also buried.

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