Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Columbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Georgia. He moved to Greensboro and was elected as a Representative to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1821.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Columbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Georgia. He moved to Greensboro and was elected as a Representative to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1821. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress, but was elected to the Eighteenth 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 of Nicholas Ware and served from December 6, 1824 until his resignation in 1828. He was a judge of the superior court of Georgia, and died in Greensboro in 1830. Cobb County, Georgia is named in his honor.
  • Thomas Willis Cobb war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Staat Georgia in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat. Nach Abschluss seiner Schulausbildung studierte Thomas Cobb Jura. Er wurde Mitglied der Anwaltskammer und begann in Lexington zu praktizieren. Später zog er nach Greensboro im Greene County. Am 4. März 1817 wurde Cobb Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten. Nach vier Jahren Zugehörigkeit zum Kongress verfehlte er zunächst die Wiederwahl, kehrte dann aber am 4. März 1823 ins Parlament zurück. Er legte sein Mandat dort am 6. Dezember 1824 nieder, nachdem er zum US-Senator gewählt worden war. Im Senat trat er die Nachfolge des im Amt verstorbenen Nicholas Ware an und verblieb dort bis zu seinem eigenen Rücktritt im Jahr 1828. In der Folge war er Richter am Superior Court von Georgia, bis er im Februar 1830 verstarb. Das Cobb County in Georgia wurde nach Thomas W. Cobb benannt.
dbpprop:after
dbpprop:alongside
dbpprop:before
dbpprop:class
  • 2 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:district
  • AL
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:otheruses4Property
  • Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
  • the American Civil War General
  • the United States Representative and Senator from Georgia
dbpprop:state
  • Georgia
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:years
  • -
  • 1824–1828
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Columbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Georgia. He moved to Greensboro and was elected as a Representative to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1821.
  • Thomas Willis Cobb war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Staat Georgia in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat. Nach Abschluss seiner Schulausbildung studierte Thomas Cobb Jura. Er wurde Mitglied der Anwaltskammer und begann in Lexington zu praktizieren. Später zog er nach Greensboro im Greene County. Am 4. März 1817 wurde Cobb Abgeordneter im Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten.
rdfs:label
  • Thomas W. Cobb
  • Thomas W. Cobb
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:after of
is dbpprop:alongside of
is dbpprop:before of
is dbpprop:redirect of
is owl:sameAs of