Cobb, Clinton Levering

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    Clinton Levering Cobb
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
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    Exact
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Origins
    Slave State
    Education
    University of North Carolina
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Businessman
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Episcopalian
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    US House of Representatives

    Clinton Levering Cobb (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    COBB, Clinton Levering, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., August 25, 1842; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, N.C.; engaged in the mercantile business; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1875); chairman, Committee on the Freedman’s Bureau (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Elizabeth City, N.C., and died there on April 30, 1879; interment in Episcopal Cemetery.
    “Cobb, Clinton Levering,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000544.
    How to Cite This Page: "Cobb, Clinton Levering," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/12121.