Thomas Willis Cobb | |
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| United States Senator fromGeorgia | |
| In office December 6, 1824 – November 7, 1828 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Ware |
| Succeeded by | Oliver H. Prince |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Georgia'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | Wilson Lumpkin |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Cuthbert |
| In office March 4, 1823 – December 6, 1824 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Wilde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1784 Columbia County,Georgia |
| Died | February 1, 1830 (aged 45–46) Greensboro,Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was an American politician who served as aUnited States representative andSenator fromGeorgia.
Born inColumbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to thebar and practiced inLexington, Georgia. He moved toGreensboro and was elected as a Representative to theFifteenth andSixteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theSeventeenth Congress, but was elected to theEighteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1823, to December 6, 1824, when he resigned, having been elected to the U.S. Senate; while a Representative during the Eighteenth Congress, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures. He was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofNicholas Ware and served from December 6, 1824, until his resignation in 1828. The press announced that he would "probably resign" in August 1828,[1] and his successor,Oliver H. Prince, took office in November 1828.[2] Cobb was a judge of thesuperior court of Georgia, and died in Greensboro in 1830.Cobb County, Georgia is named in his honor and itscounty seat,Marietta, is named for his wife Mary.[3] He was a slaveowner and the cousin of Confederate GeneralsThomas Reade Rootes Cobb andHowell Cobb.[4]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's at-large congressional district March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by New seat | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's at-large congressional district March 4, 1823 – December 6, 1824 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from Georgia 1824–1828 Served alongside:John Elliott,John M. Berrien | Succeeded by |
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