Thomas Devereaux Cobbs

Full Name: Thomas Devereaux Cobbs
Date of birth: November 19, 1851
Date of death: September 19, 1934

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	92	Jan 8, 1907 - Jun 7, 1907	30th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar
H	92	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar
H	92	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar

(1) Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District 92
Jan 8, 1907 - Jun 7, 1907
Legislatures: 30th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 92
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 92
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

(1) Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch, Hon. Thomas Devereaux Cobbs, "Governor Names Jurist," 10/4/1911, p. 8. Appointed Associate Justice of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals at San Antonio; served Bexar County in the Legislature. Galveston Daily News.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas D. Cobbs, Volume IV, pp. 1700-1701. Court of Civil Appeals, spouse Carrie Quinney. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Thomas D. Cobbs, pp. 298-303. Born in Choctaw County, Alabama, served in the Texas State Militia with a rank of Captain, lawyer and member of the Texas Legislature, married Carrie Quinney at Navasota. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Captain Thomas D. Cobbs, Volume I, pp. 340-342. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.

Other Resources

Thomas Devereaux Cobbs, birth date 11/19/1851 in Alabama; passport application dated 6/24/1918. FamilySearch United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925.
Thomas D. Cobbs, birth date 11/19/1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama; death date 9/19/1934; burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
Obituary and photo, "Judge T.D. Cobbs Succumbs Here," 9/20/1934, p. 18. Associate Justice of Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, represented Bexar County in Legislature from 1902-1908. San Antonio Express.
Appointed to the Bailey Investigation Committee by the Speaker of the House. The committee operated during January and February of 1907 and was authorized to take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and probe charges against U. S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey. Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Photographs

Photograph. T.D. Cobbs, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.D. Cobbs, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.D. Cobbs, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas D. Cobbs, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Appropriations Constitutional Amendments David Crockett Painting Insurance Judiciary Municipal Corporations Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Revenue and Taxation Senator Bailey, Investigate
29th R.S. - 1905 Insurance Irrigation Judiciary Private Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
28th R.S. - 1903 Judiciary No. 1 Public Lands and Land Office State Asylums Towns and City Corporations

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