George R. Stobbs | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Winslow |
| Succeeded by | Pehr G. Holmes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1877-02-07)February 7, 1877 Webster, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 23, 1966(1966-12-23) (aged 89) Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mabel Florence Murdock (1875-1944) (m. 1905) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch/service | Massachusetts State Guard Officers Reserve Corps |
| Years of service | 1917-1920 (State Guard) 1927-1942 (Reserve) |
| Rank | Captain (State Guard) Lieutenant Colonel (Reserve Corps) |
George Russell Stobbs (February 7, 1877 – December 23, 1966) was an attorney and politician. ARepublican. He served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts for three terms.
Stobbs was born inWebster, Massachusetts on February 7, 1877,[1] the son of Charles Richard Stobbs and Anna Lincoln.[1] He attended the local schools of Webster, and graduated fromPhillips Exeter Academy in 1895.[2] He received his bachelor's degree fromHarvard University in 1899,[3] and a master's degree from Harvard in 1900.[3] He received his law degree fromHarvard Law School in 1902,[1] was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice inWorcester, Massachusetts.[1]
Stobbs commanded Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment of theMassachusetts State Guard from 1917 to 1920, and attained the rank ofcaptain.[4] The State Guard was a volunteer organization which handled many of the in state responsibilities of theMassachusetts National Guard during the National Guard's overseas deployment forWorld War I. From 1927 to 1942, Stobbs was amajor and subsequentlylieutenant colonel in theJudge Advocate General’s Department of theOfficers Reserve Corps.[5]
Stobbs served on Webster's school board from 1903 to 1906,[1] and was active in Webster's Young Men's Republican Club,[1] of which he served as president in 1904.[1] In 1908 he relocated to Worcester, where he practiced law in partnership withGeorge S. Taft.[1] Stobbs was a special justice for the central district court of Worcester from 1909 to 1916,[5] and assistant district attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts from 1917 to 1921.[1][5]
In 1924, Stobbs was the successfulRepublican nominee for a seat in theUnited States House of Representatives; he was reelected twice, and served in the69th,70th, and71st Congresses (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931). He did not run for reelection in 1930. During his House career, Stobbs was one of the managers appointed in 1926 to conduct impeachment proceedings againstGeorge W. English, the judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
In 1930, Stobbs was a U.S. delegate to theInter-Parliamentary Union Congress inLondon. He was a delegate to the1932 Republican National Convention, and to the Republican state conventions in 1940 and 1942.
After leaving Congress, Stobbs resumed practicing law in Worcester, Massachusetts and became the senior partner in the firm of Stobbs, Stockwell & Tilton.[5] He died in on December 23, 1966,[6] and was buried atWorcester Rural Cemetery.
In 1905, Stobbs was married to Mabel Florence Murdock (1875-1944). Their children included sons Russell (1907-1975) and Hamilton (1910-1938).
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