Seth Wallace Cobb

Seth Wallace Cobb

Seth Wallace Cobb (born December 5, 1838 in Petersburg , Virginia , †  May 22, 1909 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1897 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Seth Cobb attended public schools in his home country. During the Civil War he served as a major in the Confederation Army between 1861 and 1865 . There he was a member of the Army of Northern Virginia . In 1867, Seth Cobb came to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked for a grain commission dealer for three years. Since 1870 he ran his own company in this branch. In 1886 he became president of the local trading exchange. He was also president of the company that built the Merchant's Bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

Politically, Cobb was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Nathan Frank on March 4, 1891 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897 . Since 1893 he represented there as the successor to David A. De Armond the twelfth district of his state.

In 1896 Cobb renounced another congressional candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he resumed his previous activities in the grain commission trade. In 1904 he was a vice-president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition , the St. Louis World's Fair . Seth Cobb died on May 22, 1909 in St. Louis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Seth Wallace Cobb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Seth Wallace Cobb in the database of Find a Grave (English)