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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseySamuel Atkinson DOBBINS
(1814-1886)
DOBBINS, Samuel Atkinson,
a Representative from New Jersey; born near Vincentown, Burlington
County, N.J., April 14, 1814; attended private and public schools;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Mount Holly, N.J., in
1838 and continued farming; high sheriff of Burlington County
1854-1857; member of the State house of assembly 1859-1861;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864; trustee of
Pennington (N.J.) Seminary 1866-1886, serving as president of the
board of trustees for ten years; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3,
1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed
agricultural pursuits; died in Mount Holly, N.J., May 26, 1886;
interment in Mount Holly Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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