David Cobb (Massachusetts politician)
David Cobb | |
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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 | |
David Cobb (September 14, 1748 – April 17, 1830) was a Massachusetts physician, military officer, jurist, and politician who served as a
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
Congress
Cobb was elected to the
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 board of military defense 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 Plain Cemetery.
Cobb was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.[7]
Legacy
In 1976, David Cobb was
Notes
- ^ 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
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Porter, p. 6.
- ^ 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