John B. D. Cogswell

John Bear Doane Cogswell (June 6, 1829 – June 11, 1889) was a Massachusetts and Wisconsin lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.[1][2]

John B. D. Cogswell
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1877–1879
Preceded by	George B. Loring
Succeeded by	Robert R. Bishop
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Cape district
In office 1877–1879
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Barnstable district
In office 1871–1873
United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin
In office 1861–1866
Appointed by	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	Don A. J. Upham
Succeeded by	Charles M. Webb (Western District of Wisc.) Levi Hubbell (Eastern District of Wisc.)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Worcester district
In office 1857–1857
Personal details
Born	John Bear Doane Cogswell June 6, 1829[1] Yarmouth, Massachusetts[1]
Died	June 11, 1889 (aged 60)[1] Haverhill, Massachusetts[1]
Resting place	Ancient Cemetery Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Mary Abbot Trumbull ​ (m. 1858)​
Alma mater	Phillips Academy[1] Dartmouth college, A.B., 1850 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1852
Profession	Lawyer, author[1]

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]

See also

• 98th Massachusetts General Court (1877)
• 99th Massachusetts General Court (1878)
• 100th Massachusetts General Court (1879)

References

• Jameson, E. O.,: The Cogswell in America, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1884), p. 358;
• Dartmouth College ... 1769-1940 (Hanover, N.H., 1940), p. 162.
• Nutt, Charles: A History of Worcester and Its People, (New York City: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1919), vol. III, p. 206-207.

Notes

1. Nutt, Charles (1919), History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. III, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 206
2. Nutt, Charles (1919), History of Worcester and Its People, Vol. III, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 207
3. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. New York, Baker & Godwin. 1864. p. 74.
4. Harvard Law School. (1888). Catalogue of the officers and students, 1817-1887. OCLC 246849182.

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.