David Cobb (Massachusetts politician)
David Cobb | |
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8th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office 1809–1810 | |
Governor | Christopher Gore |
Preceded by | Levi Lincoln Sr. |
Succeeded by | William Gray |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's At-large district | |
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |
Preceded by | Seat created |
Succeeded by | Seat eliminated |
President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1801–1805 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Phillips Jr. |
Succeeded by | Harrison Gray Otis |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
In office May 1789[1] – January 1793[1] | |
Preceded by | Theodore Sedgwick |
Succeeded by | Edward Robbins |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] | |
In office May 1789[1] – January 1793[1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Attleborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | September 14, 1748
Died | April 17, 1830 Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Federalist |
Spouse(s) | Eleanor Bradish[2] |
Relations | Robert Treat Paine, brother in law.[3] |
Children | 11[4] |
Profession | Physician |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Continental Army, Massachusetts Militia |
Years of service | 1776-1781, 1786 |
Rank | lieutenant colonel, major general |
Unit | 16th Massachusetts Regiment-Henry Jackson's regiment Massachusetts Militia, aide-de-camp on the staff of General George Washington |
Commands | Fifth Division of the Massachusetts Militia[1] |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War, New York and New Jersey campaign, Battle of Springfield, Battle of Monmouth. Battle of Rhode Island,[3] Shays' Rebellion |
David Cobb (September 14, 1748 – April 17, 1830) was a Massachusetts physician, military officer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman for Massachusetts's at-large congressional seat.
Biography[]
Born in Attleborough in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on September 14, 1748, Cobb graduated from Harvard College in 1766. He studied medicine in Boston and afterward practiced in Taunton. He was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; lieutenant colonel of Jackson's regiment in 1777 and 1778, serving in Rhode Island and New Jersey; was aide-de-camp on the staff of General George Washington; appointed major general of militia in 1786 and rendered conspicuous service during Shays' Rebellion. He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780.[5] Cobb was also admitted as an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Massachusetts at the conclusion of the war.[6]
Massachusetts Government[]
He served as a judge of the Bristol County 1784–1796, and as a member of the State house of representatives 1789–1793, and the Massachusetts Senate, and served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of the Massachusetts Senate.
Congress[]
He was elected to the Third United States Congress (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795).
Maine[]
Cobb moved to Gouldsboro in the District of Maine in 1796 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to the Massachusetts Senate from the eastern District of Maine in 1802 and served as president; elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council in 1808; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1809; member of the in 1812; chief justice of the Hancock County (Maine) court of common pleas; returned in 1817 to Taunton, where he died on April 17, 1830. His remains were interred in .
Cobb was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.[7]
Legacy[]
In 1976, David Cobb was honored by being on a postage stamp for the United States Postal Service.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Porter, Joseph Whitcomb (July–August 1888), Bangor Historical Magazine Vol. IV Memoir of Gen. David Cobb and family of Gouldsborough, Maine, and Taunton, Mass, Bangor, Maine, p. 2
- ^ Porter, p. 6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Daughters of Liberty (1904), Historical researches of Gouldsboro, Maine, Gouldsboro, Maine: The Daughters of Liberty, p. 22
- ^ Porter, pp. 6–7.
- ^ "Charter of Incorporation of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and List of the Officers of General and State Societies. Virginia Military Institute Library: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia. p. 88.
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
References[]
External links[]
- United States Congress. "David Cobb (id: C000545)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- "David Cobb". Find a Grave. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- The Society of the Cincinnati
- The American Revolution Institute
- 1748 births
- 1830 deaths
- Harvard College alumni
- American militia generals
- Continental Army officers from Massachusetts
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Massachusetts state senators
- Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Politicians from Taunton, Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Federalists
- 18th-century American physicians
- People of colonial Massachusetts
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
- People from Attleboro, Massachusetts
- Aides-de-camp of George Washington