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| preceded2=Andrew J. Russell

| preceded2=Andrew J. Russell

| succeeded2=[[Ben C. Henley]]

| succeeded2=[[Ben C. Henley]]

| office3=Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee (1936)

| office3=Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court

| term_start3=January 11, 1966

| term_end3=December 31, 1966

| office4=Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court

| preceded3=Sam Robinson

| term_start4=January 11, 1966

| succeeded3=???

| term_end4=December 31, 1966

| preceded4=Sam Robinson

| succeeded4=

| birth_date=May 28, 1904

| birth_date=May 28, 1904

| birth_place=Hatton, Polk County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA

| birth_place=Hatton, Polk County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA

==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.<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>

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>

   

   

==U.S. attorney==

==U.S. attorney==

In 1952, Cobb was challenged for the chairmanship at the state convention by Vern Tindall of Stuttgart in Arkansas County but again prevailed.<ref>Cobb, p. 106</ref> As a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention in [[Chicago]], Cobb and the Arkansas delegation voted for U.S. Senator [[Robert A. Taft]] of Ohio but quickly joined with the majority to endorse [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Invited to meet with Eisenhower after the nomination, Cobb advised him not to concede a single southern state to the Democratic nominee, then Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]], of [[Illinois]]. Cobb writes in his memoirs that Eisenhower "did not need to be sold on campaigning in the South because he already was convinced that it would be successful."<ref>Cobb, p. 122.</ref>

In 1952, Cobb was challenged for the chairmanship at the state convention by Vern Tindall of Stuttgart in Arkansas County but again prevailed.<ref>Cobb, p. 106</ref> As a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention in [[Chicago]], Cobb and the Arkansas delegation voted for U.S. Senator [[Robert A. Taft]] of Ohio but quickly joined with the majority to endorse [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Invited to meet with Eisenhower after the nomination, Cobb advised him not to concede a single southern state to the Democratic nominee, then Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]], of [[Illinois]]. Cobb writes in his memoirs that Eisenhower "did not need to be sold on campaigning in the South because he already was convinced that it would be successful."<ref>Cobb, p. 122.</ref>

    

    

==Faubus and Rockefeller==

==Faubus and Rockefeller==

Late in 1965, Faubus asked Cobb to fill a vacancy on the Arkansas Supreme Court after Justice Sam Robinson retired. On January 11, 1966, Cobb took the position and served for the remainder of the year.<ref name=bio/> Politically, Cobb's Republican activities paralleled the career of [[Wallace Townsend]], an [[Iowa]] native who served as Arkansas's Republican national committeeman from 1928 to 1961.  

Late in 1965, Faubus asked Cobb to fill a vacancy on the Arkansas Supreme Court after Justice Sam Robinson retired. On January 11, 1966, Cobb took the position and served for the remainder of the year.<ref name=bio/> Politically, Cobb's Republican activities paralleled the career of [[Wallace Townsend]], an [[Iowa]] native who served as Arkansas's Republican national committeeman from 1928 to 1961.  

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

From the late 1960s until his retirement, Cobb focused on his petroleum and timber interests. In 1938, Cobb married the oil heiress Audrey Umsted, whom he had met while golfing. Her father, Sydney Albert Umsted, had in 1924 drilled the Discovery oil well in the Smackover field but was subsequently mortally injured in a train accident in [[Mississippi]] and died in a hospital in [[Memphis]], Tennessee.<ref>Cobb, pp. 77-78.</ref> The Cobbs adopted one son, John Cobb. Audrey Cobb died in 1976. The next year he married his neighbor, Martha Jane Rebsamen,<ref name=bio/> the widow of Raymond Rebsamen, a prominent Little Rock industrialist and philanthropist.<ref>Cobb, p. 157</ref> Shortly before the second marriage, two armed robbers wearing masks broke into Martha Jane's home and locked her, Cobb, and her housekeeper in a closet. The intruders left with Cobb's Cadillac but called police to tell them of the three people trapped in the closet.<ref>Cobb, p. 159.</ref>

From the late 1960s until his retirement, Cobb focused on his petroleum and timber interests. In 1938, Cobb married the oil heiress Audrey Umsted, whom he had met while golfing. Her father, Sydney Albert Umsted, had in 1924 drilled the Discovery oil well in the Smackover field but was subsequently mortally injured in a train accident in [[Mississippi]] and died in a hospital in [[Memphis]], Tennessee.<ref>Cobb, pp. 77-78.</ref> The Cobbs adopted one son, John Cobb. Audrey Cobb died in 1976. The next year he married his neighbor, Martha Jane Rebsamen,<ref name=bio/> the widow of Raymond Rebsamen, a prominent Little Rock industrialist and philanthropist.<ref>Cobb, p. 157</ref> Shortly before the second marriage, two armed robbers wearing masks broke into Martha Jane's home and locked her, Cobb, and her housekeeper in a closet. The intruders left with Cobb's Cadillac but called police to tell them of the three people trapped in the closet.<ref>Cobb, p. 159.</ref>

==References==

==References==

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