Clinton Levering Cobb (August 25, 1842 – April 30, 1879) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1869 to 1875.

Biography

Born in

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, Cobb attended the common schools and was graduated from the

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. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City. He engaged in the mercantile business.

Congress

Cobb was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Freedman's Bureau (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in Elizabeth City, and died there on April 30, 1879. He was interred in Episcopal Cemetery.

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, Clinton L. 1842 births 1879 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Elizabeth City, North Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives