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Cobb was born near Hatton in Polk County, Arkansas, to the lumberman Philander Cobb (born 1869), who in 1916 was a vocal supporter of the Republican nominee, [[Charles Evans Hughes]], who narrowly lost the election to [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Cobb's mother was the former Ida Sublette, a songwriter, playwright, poet, and the author of four books.<ref>Osro Cobb, ''Osro Cobb of Arkansas:  Memoirs of Historical Significance'', Carol Griffee, ed., ([[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]: Rose Publishing Company, 1989, pp, 3, 6</ref> In his memoirs, Cobb recalls that his mother "always made me feel that I was destined to do great things and make a meaningful contribution to my state and country of which she would be proud. She instilled in me the belief that by doing my very best, almost any objective I might seek would be within my grasp. She was right."<ref>Cobb, p. 7</ref>   

Cobb was born near Hatton in Polk County, Arkansas, to the lumberman Philander Cobb (born 1869), who in 1916 was a vocal supporter of the Republican nominee, [[Charles Evans Hughes]], who narrowly lost the election to [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Cobb's mother was the former Ida Sublette, a songwriter, playwright, poet, and the author of four books.<ref>Osro Cobb, ''Osro Cobb of Arkansas:  Memoirs of Historical Significance'', Carol Griffee, ed., ([[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]: Rose Publishing Company, 1989, pp, 3, 6</ref> In his memoirs, Cobb recalls that his mother "always made me feel that I was destined to do great things and make a meaningful contribution to my state and country of which she would be proud. She instilled in me the belief that by doing my very best, almost any objective I might seek would be within my grasp. She was right."<ref>Cobb, p. 7</ref>   

Reared mostly in Caddo Gap in Montgomery County, Arkansas, Cobb as a child often accompanied his father to work and hence developed an interest in the family business and later in the law as well.<ref>Cobb, p. 9</ref>

Reared mostly in Caddo Gap in Montgomery County, Arkansas, Cobb as a child often accompanied his father to work and hence developed an interest in the family business and later in the law as well.<ref>Cobb, p. 9</ref>

==College years==

==College years==

==Political career==

==Political career==

   

   

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. Through these contacts, Cobb became the assistant U.S. attorney under [[Wallace Townsend]] and alongside [[Drew Bowers]]. He 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 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-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>

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>