David Cobb

Massachusetts government He served as a judge of the Bristol County Court of Common Pleas 1784–1796, and as a member of the State House of Representatives 1789–1793, and the Massachusetts Senate, and served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of the Massachusetts Senate.

Congress Cobb was a candidate to represent the 7th congressional district in 1788, and the 6th congressional district in 1790.

Cobb was elected to the Third United States Congress (March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795). He is the only person elected to the U.S. House via Massachusetts's at-large congressional seat.

Maine Cobb moved to Gouldsboro in the District of Maine in 1796 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to the Massachusetts Senate from the eastern District of Maine in 1802 and served as president; elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council in 1808; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1809; member of the board of military defense in 1812; chief justice of the Hancock County (Maine) court of common pleas; returned in 1817 to Taunton, where he died on April 17, 1830. His remains were interred in Plain Cemetery.

Cobb was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.

Legacy In 1976, David Cobb was honored by being on a postage stamp for the United States Postal Service.