George Henry Cobb (October 10, 1864 – January 1943) was an American

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from New York. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1910.

Life

Cobb was born in Hounsfield, New York to Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall, Frink) Cobb. He graduated from

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State Normal School in 1886, then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. On April 19, 1893, he married Louisa Wenzel. In 1898, he was City Recorder of Hounsfield. He was District Attorney of Jefferson County from 1899 to 1904. He was a member of the New York State Senate (35th D.) from 1905 to 1912, sitting in the 128th, 129th, 130th, 131st,

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, 133rd,

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and

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s. He was a delegate to the

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. In March 1910, after the resignation of Jotham P. Allds, Cobb was chosen President pro tempore of the State Senate. In October 1910, after the resignation of Governor

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, who had been appointed to the

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, and the succession of Lt. Gov.

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to the governorship, Cobb became Acting Lieutenant Governor until the end of the year. He was a member of the New York State Commission for the

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in 1915. He was a member of the New York State Motion Picture Censorship Commission until January 1926.

Sources

The Cobb family, at USGenNet

The deadlocked Rep. caucus, in NYT on March 11, 1910
''State of New York at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915''
(Albany, 1916; pg. 24)

Obit in NYT on January 12, 1943 (subscription required)

His wife's obit, in NYT on March 13, 1938 (subscription required) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, George H 1864 births 1943 deaths Lieutenant Governors of New York (state) People from Hounsfield, New York County district attorneys in New York (state) Majority leaders of the New York State Senate New York (state) state senators