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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaClinton Levering COBB
(1842-1879)
COBB, Clinton Levering, a
Representative from North Carolina; born in Elizabeth City,
Pasquotank County, N.C., August 25, 1842; attended the common
schools and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and
commenced practice in Elizabeth City, N.C.; engaged in the
mercantile business; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first,
Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3,
1875); chairman, Committee on the Freedman’s Bureau
(Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Elizabeth City, N.C., and died there on April
30, 1879; interment in Episcopal Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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