John B. D. Cogswell

19th century American politician.

Charles M. Webb
(Western Dist. of Wisconsin)
Levi Hubbell
(Eastern Dist. of Wisconsin)

Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the Worcester districtIn office
January 7, 1857 – January 6, 1858

Serving with William T. Merrifield, Dexter F. Parker, George F. Thompson, and Stephen P. Twiss

Preceded byHarrison Bliss, Elijah B. Stoddard, Putnam W. Taft, George W. Russell, and John H. BrooksSucceeded byAlbert L. Benchley, Dexter F. Parker, Alexander Thayer, and James S. Woolworth Personal detailsBorn

John Bear Doane Cogswell

(1829-06-06)June 6, 1829^[1]
Yarmouth, Massachusetts^[1]DiedJune 11, 1889(1889-06-11) (aged 60)^[1]
Haverhill, Massachusetts^[1]Resting placeAncient Cemetery
Yarmouth Port, MassachusettsPolitical partyRepublicanSpouse

Mary Abbot Trumbull

(m. 1858⁠–⁠1889)

Children

Mary Louisa Trumbull (Roberts)
(b. 1861; died 1955)

Alma mater

Phillips Academy^[1]
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1850
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1852

ProfessionLawyer, author^[1]

John Bear Doane Cogswell (June 6, 1829 – June 11, 1889) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. He was President of the Massachusetts Senate for the 1877, 1878, and 1879 sessions, and was United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. He was the last U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin before its division into Western and Eastern districts.^[1]^[2]

Biography

In 1847, while at Dartmouth College he became a member of Zeta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.^[3] In 1852, he was awarded the LL B. from Harvard Law School.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Nutt, Charles (1919), History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. III, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 206
^ Nutt, Charles (1919), History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. III, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 207
^ Psi Upsilon Fraternity. New York, Baker & Godwin. 1864. p. 74.
^ Harvard Law School. (1888). Catalogue of the officers and students, 1817-1887. OCLC 246849182.

Jameson, E. O.,: The Cogswell in America, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1884), p. 358;
Dartmouth College ... 1769-1940 (Hanover, N.H., 1940), p. 162.

External links

Biography of Cogswell at the American Antiquarian Society Manuscript Collection
Massachusetts State Representatives George Washington Clark, John Bear Doane Cogswell, Robert Couch, Benjamin Franklin Hayes, Barney Hull, Liberty Dodge Packard, Henry Splaine, Francis Dana Stedman, Eliphalet Loring Thayer, Hugh James Toland, Tisdale Sanford White, Ezra Dyer Winslow.

Massachusetts Senate
Preceded by Jonathan Higgins	Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Cape district January 3, 1877 – January 7, 1880	Succeeded by Samuel Snow
Preceded by George B. Loring	President of the Massachusetts Senate January 3, 1877 – January 7, 1880	Succeeded by Robert R. Bishop
Legal offices
Preceded by Don A. J. Upham	United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin 1861–1866	Succeeded by Charles M. Webb (W.D. Wis.) and Levi Hubbell (E.D. Wis.)