David Cobb (September 14, 1748 – April 17, 1830) was a Massachusetts physician, military officer, jurist, and politician who served as aU.S. Congressman forMassachusetts's at-large congressional seat.
Born inAttleborough in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay on September 14, 1748, Cobb graduated fromHarvard College in 1766. He studied medicine inBoston and afterward practiced inTaunton. He was a member of theMassachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775;lieutenant colonel ofJackson's regiment in 1777 and 1778, serving inRhode Island andNew Jersey; wasaide-de-camp on the staff of GeneralGeorge Washington; appointedmajor general of militia in 1786 and rendered conspicuous service duringShays' Rebellion. He was a charter member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780.[5] Cobb was also admitted as an original member of theSociety of the Cincinnati in the state of Massachusetts at the conclusion of the war.[6]
He served as a judge of theBristol CountyCourt of Common Pleas 1784–1796, and as a member of theState House of Representatives 1789–1793, and the Massachusetts Senate, and served asSpeaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of theMassachusetts Senate.
Cobb was a candidate to represent the7th congressional district in 1788,[7] and the6th congressional district in 1790.[8]
Cobb was elected to theThird United States Congress (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795). He is the only person elected to theU.S. House viaMassachusetts's at-large congressional seat.
Cobb moved toGouldsboro in theDistrict of Maine in 1796 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to theMassachusetts Senate from the easternDistrict of Maine in 1802 and served aspresident; elected to theMassachusetts Governor's Council in 1808;Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1809; member of theboard of military defense in 1812;chief justice of theHancock County (Maine) court of common pleas; returned in 1817 to Taunton, where he died on April 17, 1830. His remains were interred inPlain Cemetery.
Cobb was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1814.[9]
In 1976, David Cobb washonored by being on apostage stamp for theUnited States Postal Service.
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