Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party politician who represented

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's 2nd congressional district in the

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from 1873 to 1877. He served as the Sheriff of Burlington County, New Jersey from 1854 to 1857.

Biography

Dobbins was born near Vincentown in

Southampton Township, New Jersey Southampton Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 10,317, a decrease of 147 (−1.4%) from the 10,464 recorded at the 2010 census, w ...

(in Burlington County) on April 14, 1814. He attended private and public schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to

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in 1838 and continued farming. He was high sheriff of Burlington County from 1854 to 1857, and served as a member of the

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from 1859 to 1861. He was a delegate to the

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. Dobbins was a trustee of the Pennington Seminary from 1866 to 1886, serving as president of the board of trustees for ten years. Dobbins was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1876. After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Mount Holly on May 26, 1886, and was interred in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobbins, Samuel Atkinson 1814 births 1886 deaths Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly People from Mount Holly, New Jersey People from Southampton Township, New Jersey Politicians from Burlington County, New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature