Samuel A. Dobbins

Samuel A. Dobbins

Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (born April 14, 1814 in Vincentown , Burlington County , New Jersey , †  May 26, 1886 in Mount Holly , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1877 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Dobbins attended both public and private schools and then worked in agriculture. In 1838 he moved to Mount Holly, where he returned to farming. He was also the chief of police in Burlington County from 1854 to 1857. It was then that he became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1859 and 1861, Dobbins was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , at which President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for re-election. Between 1866 and 1886, Dobbins served as a board member of Pennington Seminary ; he was president of this board of trustees for ten years.

In the congressional election of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Samuel C. Forker on March 4, 1873 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1877 . In 1876 he renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Samuel Dobbins worked again in agriculture. He died on May 26, 1886 in Mount Holly, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Samuel A. Dobbins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel A. Dobbins in the database of Find a Grave (English)