Amasa Cobb

The Honorable
Amasa Cobb
The Honorable Amasa Cobb
6th and 9th Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
	In office; 1890–1892
Preceded by	Manoah B. Reese
Succeeded by	Samuel Maxwell
	In office; 1884–1886
Preceded by	George B. Lake
Succeeded by	Samuel Maxwell
Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
	In office; 1878–1892
Preceded by	Daniel Gantt
Succeeded by	Alfred M. Post
5th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
	In office; 1875–1876
Preceded by	Samuel W. Little
Succeeded by	Robert D. Silver, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Wisconsin's 3rd district
	In office; March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	A. Scott Sloan
Succeeded by	J. Allen Barber
13th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
	In office; January 9, 1861 – January 6, 1862
Preceded by	William P. Lyon
Succeeded by	Joseph W. Beardsley
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 15th district
	In office; January 1, 1855 – January 5, 1857
Preceded by	Levi Sterling
Succeeded by	Lemuel W. Joiner
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Iowa 2nd district
	In office; January 2, 1860 – January 6, 1862
Preceded by	Levi Sterling
Succeeded by	John H. Vivian
Personal details
Born	September 27, 1823; Crawford County, Illinois, US
Died	July 5, 1905 (aged 81); Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Wyuka Cemetery
Party	Republican
Spouses	Philadelphia Stone Moffett; (m. 1849; died 1896);
Children	1
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army; Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Colonel, USV; Brevet Brigadier General, USV;
Unit	Army of the Potomac
Commands	5th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry; 43rd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry;
Battles/wars	American Civil War Peninsula Campaign Siege of Yorktown; Battle of Williamsburg; Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines's Mill; Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm; ; ; Maryland campaign Battle of Antietam; ; Fredericksburg campaign Battle of Fredericksburg; ; ;

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Amasa Cobb (September 27, 1823 – July 5, 1905) was an American politician and judge. He was the 6th and 9th chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court and the 5th mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska. Earlier in his life, he served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from 1863 to 1871. He also served several years in the Wisconsin Legislature, and was the 13th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1861). He also served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.