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Donald C. Dobbins

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Donald C. Dobbins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byCharles Adkins
Succeeded byHugh M. Rigney
Personal details
Born
Donald Claude Dobbins

(1878-03-20)March 20, 1878
Dewey, Illinois
DiedFebruary 14, 1943(1943-02-14) (aged 64)
Champaign, Illinois
Resting placeMount Hope Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
George Washington University School of Law

Donald Claude Dobbins (March 20, 1878 – February 14, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1933 to 1937.

Early life and education

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Born on a farm near Dewey, Illinois, Dobbins attended public school, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dixon Business College, and George Washington University. He then worked as a stenographer from 1900–1906, later working as a post office inspector from 1906–1909. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1909, commencing practice in Champaign, Illinois.

Political career

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He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia in 1936.

Congress

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Dobbins was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936.

Later career and death

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After leaving Congress, he resumed his practice of law.

He died in Champaign, Illinois, February 14, 1943 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Donald C. Dobbins (id: D000382)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th congressional district

1933-1937
Succeeded by