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COBB, Thomas Willis (1784-1830)

Jacksonian of Georgia

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1823-1829

Served in House 1817-1821, 1823-1825

Total roll-call votes cast: 821

Biography

Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., in 1784; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Ga.; moved to Greensboro, Greene County; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; elected to the Eighteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1823, to December 6, 1824, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Eighteenth Congress); elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nicholas Ware and served from December 6, 1824, until his resignation in 1828; judge of the superior court of Georgia; died in Greensboro, Ga., February 1, 1830.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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