Seth Wallace Cobb
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Seth Wallace Cobb was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born near Petersburg, Virginia
, Cobb attended the common schools.
Joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War
in the Army of Northern Virginia.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1867 and was employed as a clerk in a grain commission house for three years.
In 1870 became engaged in the same business on his own account.
He served as president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1886.
He served as president of the corporation which built the Merchants' Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
Seth Cobb was married to socialite Zoe Cynthian Desloge and had one daughter, Josephine. The Desloge family were the founders of Desloge, Missouri.
Cobb was elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.
He resumed the grain commission business in St. Louis.
He served as vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22, 1909.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born near Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
, Cobb attended the common schools.
Joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
in the Army of Northern Virginia.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1867 and was employed as a clerk in a grain commission house for three years.
In 1870 became engaged in the same business on his own account.
He served as president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1886.
He served as president of the corporation which built the Merchants' Bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
Seth Cobb was married to socialite Zoe Cynthian Desloge and had one daughter, Josephine. The Desloge family were the founders of Desloge, Missouri.
Cobb was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.
He resumed the grain commission business in St. Louis.
He served as vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22, 1909.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.