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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 terms of two years each. 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 terms of two years each. 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]] Arkansas, the vice-presidential candidate of his 1928 opponent [[Alfred E. Smith]].<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]] Arkansas, the vice-presidential candidate of [[Alfred E. Smith]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1928|1928 presidential election]].<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/>