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Line 1: {{short description\|American politician}} {{Infobox Congressman▼ ▲{{Infobox ~~Congressman~~officeholder \|name = Samuel Atkinson Dobbins \|~~image~~caption = Dobbins =in 1865. \|image = SamuelADobbins.jpg \|state = [[New Jersey]] \|district = [[New Jersey's 2nd congressional district\|2nd]] Line 10 ⟶ 13: \|birth_date = April 14, 1814 \|birth_place = [[Vincentown, New Jersey\|Vincentown]] in [[Southampton Township, New Jersey]] \|death_date = ~~May~~{{Death ~~26,~~date and age\|1886\|5\|26\|1814\|4\|14}} \|death_place = [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey]] \|spouse = \|profession = [[Politician]] \|religion = \|footnotes = }} '''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- to 1877. He served as the [[Sheriff of Burlington County, New Jersey]] from 1854 to 1857. ==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 ~~1854–1857~~1854 to 1857, and served as a member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1859- to 1861. He was a delegate to the [[1864 Republican National Convention]]. Dobbins was a trustee of the [[The Pennington School\|Pennington Seminary]] from ~~1866–1886~~1866 to 1886, serving as president of the board of trustees for ten years. Dobbins was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1873- – March 3, 1877, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1876. 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== {{CongBio\|D000383}} [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#R9M0IV5PJ Samuel Atkinson Dobbins] at [[The Political Graveyard]] {{Find a Grave\|6938413}} [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6938413 Samuel Atkinson Dobbins] at [[Find A Grave]] {{s-start}} {{s-par\|us-hs}} {{US House succession box \| ~~{{USRepSuccessionBox \|~~ state=New Jersey\| district=2 \| Line 42 ⟶ 46: {{s-end}} {{Authority control~~\|VIAF=39197515~~}} ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Dobbins, Samuel Atkinson~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ \| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey▼ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = April 14, 1814~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Vincentown, New Jersey\|Vincentown]] in [[Southampton Township, New Jersey]]~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH = May 26, 1886~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey]]~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobbins, Samuel Atkinson}} [[Category:1814 births]] [[Category:1886 deaths]] [[Category:~~Members~~Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly]] [[Category:~~Members~~People offrom ~~the~~Mount ~~United States House of Representatives from~~Holly, New Jersey]] [[Category:People from Mount Holly Township, New Jersey]]▼ [[Category:People from Southampton Township, New Jersey]] ▲[[Category:~~People~~Politicians from ~~Mount~~Burlington ~~Holly Township~~County, New Jersey]] ▲\|[[Category:Republican ~~SHORT~~Party ~~DESCRIPTION = Member~~members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey]] ~~[[de:Samuel A. Dobbins]]~~ [[Category:19th-century American legislators]] [[Category:19th-century New Jersey politicians]]