Amasa Cobb
Born: September 27, 1823
Birthplace: Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
Father: John Cobb 1784 – 1833
(Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
Mother: Nancy Briggs 1787 – 1856
(Buried: Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
Wife: Philadelphia Stone Moffett 1818 – 1896
(Buried: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska)
Children:
Gertrude Cobb 1850 – 1852
(Buried: Highland Public Cemetery, Highland, Wisconsin)
Jessie Cobb 1857 – 1864
(Buried: Old Mineral Point Cemetery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Lead Miner in Wisconsin Territory
Served as a Private in United States Army in Mexican-American War
Attorney in Mineral Point, Wisconsin
1850 – 1854: District Attorney in Wisconsin
1855 – 1856: Wisconsin State Senator
1855 – 1858: Wisconsin State Adjutant General
1860 – 1861: Member of Wisconsin State Assembly
1861: Speaker of Wisconsin State Assembly
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1862: Acting Brigade Commander at Battle of Antietam
1863 – 1871: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1863 – 1867: Chairman of House Enrolled Bills Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Militia Committee
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1865: Voted in support of the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution
1865 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House Mines and Mining Committee
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1871: Member of House Claims Committee
1867 – 1869: Member of House Public Buildings and Grounds
1869 – 1871: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
1871 – 1878: Attorney in Lincoln, Nebraska
1875 – 1876: Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
1875 – 1884: Associate Justice of Nebraska State Supreme Court
1884 – 1886: Chief Justice of Nebraska State Supreme Court
1886 – 1890: Associate Justice of Nebraska State Supreme Court
1890 – 1892: Chief Justice of Nebraska State Supreme Court
Died: July 5, 1905
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Age at time of Death: 81 years old
Burial Place: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska
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