T.D. Cobbs

Thomas Devereaux Cobbs

Full Name: Thomas Devereaux Cobbs
Date of birth: November 19, 1851
Date of death: September 19, 1934

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 92 Jan 8, 1907 - Jun 7, 1907 30th (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 92 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 92 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

(1) Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Thomas D. Cobbs, born 11/19/1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama, died 9/19/1934, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio. Includes portrait. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "Judge T.D. Cobbs Succumbs Here," 9/20/1934, p. 18. Associate justice of Fourth Court of civil Appeals, represented Bexar County in Legislature from 1902-1908. San Antonio Express.
  • Appointed to the Bailey Investigation Committee by the Speaker of the House. The committee operated during January and February of 1907 and was authorized to take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and probe charges against U. S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey. Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907
Appropriations  
Constitutional Amendments  
David Crockett Painting  
Insurance  
Judiciary  
Municipal Corporations  
Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure  
Revenue and Taxation  
Senator Bailey, Investigate  
29th R.S. - 1905
Insurance  
Irrigation  
Judiciary  
Private Corporations  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
28th R.S. - 1903
Judiciary No. 1  
Public Lands and Land Office  
State Asylums  
Towns and City Corporations  

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