Jim Cobb is an American politician. He served as the Republican member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

for the 31st district from 2006 to 2012.

Biography

Early life

He graduated from

Memphis State University The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students. The university maintains the Herff Col ...

, and did graduate work in State and Local Government. He served in United States Army during the

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era.

Career

He worked as a manager at the

Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre (7.2 km²) site in Rhea County, Tennessee, near Spring City, between Chattanooga and K ...

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for thirty-one years. He served as the state congressman for the 31st district of Tennessee from 2006 to 2012, when he lost to

Ron Travis Ron Travis (born 1954) is an American politician.Andy SherTennessee House District 31 race bitter to the end ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', August 1st, 2012 He serves as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 31st ...

. He was Chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, and member of the House State and Local Government Committee, the House Calendar and Rules Committee, and the House General Subcommittee of State and Local Government. In October 2012, he was arrested on charges of assault after a woman claimed he had knocked her down, but by November he was found not guilty.Kimberly McMillian
Former legislator Rep. Jim Cobb not guilty of assault
''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', November 14th, 2012

Personal life

He is married to Suzanne Cobb, a retired postmaster in

Dayton, Tennessee Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 7,065. The Dayton Urban Cluster includes developed areas adjacent to the city and extends ...

. They attend Wolf Creek Baptist Church in

Spring City, Tennessee Spring City is a town in Rhea County, Tennessee, Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,949 at the 2020 census and 1,981 at the 2010 census. The town is located along Watts Bar Lake, and Watts Bar Dam and the Watts Bar Nuclea ...

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Memphis alumni Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives United States Army soldiers 21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly {{Tennessee-stub