James Edward COBB #43330
5 OCT 1835 - 2 JUN 1903
OCCUPATION Attorney-
BIRTH 5 OCT 1835, Thomaston, Upson, Georgia, USA
BURIAL Evergreen Cemetery
Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA
DEATH 2 JUN 1903, East Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, USA
Historical Notes
James Edward Cobb was a prominent citizen of Tuskegee, Alabama. He was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and later served three terms as Circuit Judge, and still later as U.S. Representative from Alabama, for four terms.
COBB, James Edward, a Representative from Alabama; born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., October 5, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in June 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Texas in 1857; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was made prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; after his release settled in Tuskegee, Ala., and practiced law until 1874; circuit judge from 1874 to 1886; reelected in 1886, but before qualifying was elected to Congress; elected to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election; resumed the practice of law in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N. Mex.,June 2, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
COBB, James Edward, a Representative from Alabama; born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., October 5, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in June 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Texas in 1857; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was made prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; after his release settled in Tuskegee, Ala., and practiced law until 1874; circuit judge from 1874 to 1886; reelected in 1886, but before qualifying was elected to Congress; elected to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election; resumed the practice of law in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N. Mex.,June 2, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
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MARRIAGE 24 OCT 1867, Macon, Alabama, USA