Seth Wallace Cobb | |
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 1896 Congressional portrait | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Missouri | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Nathan Frank |
| Succeeded by | Charles Edward Pearce |
| Constituency | 9th district (1891–1893) 12th district (1893–1897) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1838-12-05)December 5, 1838 |
| Died | May 22, 1909(1909-05-22) (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery St. Louis, Missouri |
| Spouse | Zoe Cynthian Desloge |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
| Branch | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861-1865 |
| Rank | BrevetMajor[1] |
| Unit | Southampton Lee Artillery,[2] 18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery[3] |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
Seth Wallace Cobb (December 5, 1838 – May 22, 1909) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born nearPetersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended thecommon schools. He joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served throughout theCivil War in the Army of Northern Virginia.After the war, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1867 and was employed as a clerk in a grain commission house. By 1870, Cobb opened his own grain business. Active in the local business community, he served as president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1886, and as president of the corporation which built the Merchants' Bridge across theMississippi River.
Seth Cobb was married to socialite Zoe Cynthian Desloge, daughter ofFirmin Rene Desloge. The marriage produced one child, a daughter named Josephine.
Cobb was elected as aDemocrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896, and he resumed the grain commission business in St. Louis. In 1904, he served as vice president of theLouisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
Cobb died in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22, 1909.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 9th congressional district March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 12th congressional district March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Succeeded by |
