Primary Name: Cobb, John H.
Filed as: cobb_john_h
Also known as: John H. Cobb
Occupation / Association: Attorney; first Attorney General of Alaska Territory; charter member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: Texas
Died: December 23, 1925, Santa Barbara, California
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Associated places: Texas; Juneau, Alaska; Chichagof Island, Alaska; Santa Barbara, California
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Biography
John H. Cobb was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Cobb came to Juneau in 1897 from his native state of Texas and began practicing law. Early in 1899, he formed a law partnership with John F. Malony, and for twenty years, the firm of Malony and Cobb was one of the leading law practices in Alaska.
In 1915, Governor John F. A. Strong appointed Cobb as the first Attorney General of the Alaska Territory. In 1916, he ran as an independent candidate for attorney general but was defeated by George B. Grigsby, the Democratic nominee.
In association with Judge John R. Winn, Cobb successfully argued the well-known lawsuit of John Tuppela against the Chichagoff Mining Company, involving title to some of the most valuable mining properties at Chichagof.
After the case was settled, Cobb moved with his family to California, where they resided in Santa Barbara.
John H. Cobb died in Santa Barbara on December 23, 1925.
Sources
Biographies of Alaska–Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 2, p. 58, by Ed Ferrell (May 1, 2009).
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