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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyGeorge Thomas COBB
(1813-1870)
COBB, George Thomas, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, N.J., October
13, 1813; became an orphan when six years of age and received very
little schooling; employed at an early age as a clerk in a store at
Denville, N.J., and later employed at the iron works at Powerville
and Boonton, N.J.; transferred to a store in New York City; engaged
in foreign trade; retired from active business pursuits after
having amassed a fortune; returned to New Jersey; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3,
1863); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862;
affiliated with the Republican Party in 1863 and as such was
elected a member of the State senate in 1865 and again in 1868;
mayor of Morristown 1865-1869; became a trustee of Drew Theological
Seminary in 1868 and served until his death; unsuccessful candidate
for election to the United States Senate in 1869; president of the
Sabbath School Association of Morris County; was killed in an
accident on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Jerrys Run, near
White Sulphur Springs, Va., August 12, 1870; interment in Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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