Thomas W. Cobb

This article is about the United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. For the American Civil War General, see Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.

Thomas Willis Cobb
United States Senator from Georgia
In office December 6, 1824 – November 7, 1828
Preceded by	Nicholas Ware
Succeeded by	Oliver H. Prince
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	Wilson Lumpkin
Succeeded by	Alfred Cuthbert
In office March 4, 1823 – December 6, 1824
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Richard H. Wilde
Personal details
Born	1784 Columbia County, Georgia
Died	February 1, 1830 (aged 45–46) Greensboro, Georgia
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Thomas Willis Cobb (1784 – February 1, 1830) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Georgia.

Biography

Born in Columbia County, Georgia, he pursued preparatory studies, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Lexington, Georgia. He moved to Greensboro and was elected as a Representative to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress, but was elected to the Eighteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1823, to December 6, 1824, when he resigned, having been elected to the U.S. Senate; while a Representative during the Eighteenth Congress, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures. He was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nicholas Ware and served from December 6, 1824, until his resignation in 1828. The press announced that he would "probably resign" in August 1828, and his successor, Oliver H. Prince, took office in November 1828. Cobb was a judge of the superior court of Georgia, and died in Greensboro in 1830. Cobb County, Georgia is named in his honor and its county seat, Marietta, is named for his wife Mary. He was a slaveowner and the cousin of Confederate Generals Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb and Howell Cobb.

External links

• United States Congress. "Thomas W. Cobb (id: C000553)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Cobb, Thomas W. "[Letter] 1821 Apr. 22, Washington [D.C. to] George Troup / Thomas W. Cobb". Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 21 February 2018.