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Dodgeville Chronicle
Dodgeville, Iowa County, Wisconsin
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Biographical sketch of Col. Amasa Cobb: born 1823 in Illinois, moved to Wisconsin in 1841, worked in mining and law, served in Mexican War, held various state offices including district attorney, state senator, adjutant general, and speaker of the legislature; colonel in Civil War; elected to 38th U.S. Congress from Wisconsin.
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The New York Herald is publishing sketches of the members of Congress, and says:
AMASA COBB--Born in Crawford County, Illinois, September the 27th, 1823; receiving a common school education; emigrated to Wisconsin Territory in 1841; spent five years in the lead mining business, and served in the Mexican war as a private soldier, during which time he occasionally read law, and at the end of the war he began to practice the legal profession. In 1859 he was elected a district attorney and served four years; in 1854 was elected to the state senate and served two years; in 1855 he was appointed adjutant general of the state and again in 1857; was elected to the state legislature in 1860 ; re-elected in 1861, and chosen speaker; in 1862 he served in the volunteer service as Colonel of the fifth Wisconsin regiment, and was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-eighth congress.
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Wisconsin
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September 27th, 1823
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Born in Crawford County, Illinois, September the 27th, 1823; receiving a common school education; emigrated to Wisconsin Territory in 1841; spent five years in the lead mining business, and served in the Mexican war as a private soldier, during which time he occasionally read law, and at the end of the war he began to practice the legal profession. In 1859 he was elected a district attorney and served four years; in 1854 was elected to the state senate and served two years; in 1855 he was appointed adjutant general of the state and again in 1857; was elected to the state legislature in 1860 ; re-elected in 1861, and chosen speaker; in 1862 he served in the volunteer service as Colonel of the fifth Wisconsin regiment, and was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-eighth congress.