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Thomas Cobbs
Full Name: Thomas Devereaux Cobbs
Date of birth: November 19, 1851
Date of death: September 19, 1934
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
H
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92
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Jan 8, 1907 - Jun 7, 1907
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30th
(1)
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Democrat
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar
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H
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92
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
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29th
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Democrat
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar
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H
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92
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Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
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28th
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Democrat
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar
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(1)
Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 1700-1701. Court of Civil Appeals, spouse Carrie Quinney.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Volume I, pp. 340-342.
A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907.
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Other Resources |
Thomas Devereaux Cobbs, born 11/19/1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama, died 9/19/1934 in Bexar County, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio. Judge-Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, Spouse Carrie Quinney Cobbs.
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.
Portrait.
Texas Jurists, 1836 - 1936, 1936.
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.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Thomas Cobbs, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph.
Thomas Cobbs, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Thomas Cobbs, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Thomas Cobbs, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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