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In 1926, Cobb was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from Montgomery County and served as the only Republican member in the chamber for two two-year terms. He began studying at what is now the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 1929, Cobb was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court . Several senior partners in the law firm where he was employed, Campbell, Mallory, and Throgmorton in Little Rock, were Republicans. <ref name=bio/>Through these contacts, Cobb became the assistant U.S. attorney under [[Wallace Townsend]] and alongside [[Drew Bowers]]. He also practiced law privately at the same time, a practice then permitted and not considered a conflict-of-interest.<ref>Cobb, p. 29</ref>

In 1926, Cobb was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from Montgomery County and served as the only Republican member in the chamber for two two-year terms. He began studying at what is now the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In 1929, Cobb was admitted to practice law before the Arkansas Supreme Court . Several senior partners in the law firm where he was employed, Campbell, Mallory, and Throgmorton in Little Rock, were Republicans. <ref name=bio/>Through these contacts, Cobb became the assistant U.S. attorney under [[Wallace Townsend]] and alongside [[Drew Bowers]]. He also practiced law privately at the same time, a practice then permitted and not considered a conflict-of-interest.<ref>Cobb, p. 29</ref>

   

   

As the only Republican in the Arkansas House, Cobb was invited to meet with U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] in what turned out to have been a failed effort to persuade Coolidge to sign into law a bill to create a national park in the Ouachita National Forest. The state, however, already had the health resort, [[Hot Springs National Park]]. Cobb met with Coolidge for more than an hour and found him not silent at all but talkative; it turned out that the president wished to delay another appointment and used Cobb to fill in missing time. Coolidge also [[pocket-veto]]ed the national park bill, which had the support of Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, his party's 1928 vice-presidential candidate.<ref>Cobb, p. 42</ref>

As the only Republican in the Arkansas House, Cobb was invited to meet with U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] in what turned out to have been a failed effort to persuade Coolidge to sign into law a bill to create a national park in the Ouachita National Forest. The state, however, already had the health resort, [[Hot Springs National Park]]. Cobb met with Coolidge for more than an hour and found him not silent at all but talkative; it turned out that the president wished to delay another appointment and used Cobb to fill in missing time. Coolidge also pocket-vetoed the national park bill, which had the support of Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, his party's 1928 vice-presidential candidate.<ref>Cobb, p. 42</ref>

   

   

In 1932, Cobb became chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, a position that he retained for twenty-three years until 1955, when he became U.S. attorney.<ref name=bio/>  

In 1932, Cobb became chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, a position that he retained for twenty-three years until 1955, when he became U.S. attorney.<ref name=bio/>  

In the late 1930s, Cobb formed the Cobb, Cazort, and Holt law firm in Little Rock, which was dissolved at the start of [[World War II]]. In 1942, Cobb joined the United States Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the Air Forcej, at the rank of first lieutenant. Cobb was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] and was a judge advocate at Berry Field in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and thereafter at Rosecrans Field in [[St. Joseph, [[Missouri]]. At Wright-Patterson Field in [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]], he worked on contracts to procure aircraft parts for the Army Air Corps.<ref name=bio/>  

In the late 1930s, Cobb formed the Cobb, Cazort, and Holt law firm in Little Rock, which was dissolved at the start of [[World War II]]. In 1942, Cobb joined the United States Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the Air Forcej, at the rank of first lieutenant. Cobb was promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] and was a judge advocate at Berry Field in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and thereafter at Rosecrans Field in [[St. Joseph, [[Missouri]]. At Wright-Patterson Field in [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]], he worked on contracts to procure aircraft parts for the Army Air Corps.<ref name=bio/>  

   

   

In 1946, he was discharged from the military and joined John E. Coates in the opening of a law firm in the Pyramid Building in Little Rock. Cobb represented timber companies and worked to organize the [[interest group]], the Arkansas Wood Products Association, forerunner of the Arkansas Forestry Association. He also became involved in the Smackover field. In 1948, with the assistance of former Governor Sid McMath, a Democrat, Cobb helped to pass Initiated Act 3, which guarantees that a member of the minority party be in place at each precinct in Arkansas. The act prevented Democrats from ignoring votes cast by Republicans in heavily Democrat precincts.<ref name=bio/>

In 1946, he was discharged from the military and joined John E. Coates in the opening of a law firm in the Pyramid Building in Little Rock. Cobb represented timber companies and worked to organize the [[interest group]], the Arkansas Wood Products Association, forerunner of the Arkansas Forestry Association. He also became involved in the Smackover field. In 1948, with the assistance of former Governor Sid McMath, a Democrat, Cobb helped to pass Initiated Act 3, which guarantees that a member of the minority party be in place at each precinct in Arkansas. The act prevented Democrats from ignoring votes cast by Republicans in heavily Democrat precincts.<ref name=bio/>

==U.S. attorney==

==U.S. attorney==