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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox Congressman▼
|name = Samuel Atkinson Dobbins
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|state = [[New Jersey]]
|district = [[New Jersey's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
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|preceded = [[Samuel C. Forker]]
|succeeded = [[John H. Pugh]]
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1886|5|26|1814|4|14}}
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'''Samuel Atkinson Dobbins''' (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician who represented [[New Jersey]]'s [[New Jersey's 2nd congressional district|2nd congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1873
==Biography==
Dobbins was born near [[Vincentown, New Jersey|Vincentown]] in [[Southampton Township, New Jersey]] (in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]]) on April 14, 1814. He attended private and public schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey]] in 1838 and continued farming. He was high sheriff of Burlington County from 1854
Dobbins was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1873
After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Mount Holly on May 26, 1886, and was interred in [[Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, New Jersey|Mount Holly Cemetery]].
==External links==
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#R9M0IV5PJ Samuel Atkinson Dobbins] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
*{{Find a Grave|6938413}}
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