John B. D. Cogswell

John Bear Doane Cogswell
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1877–1879
Preceded by	George B. Loring
Succeeded by	Robert R. Bishop
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Cape District
In office 1877–1879
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Barnstable District
In office 1871–1873
United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin
In office 1861–1866
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Worcester District
In office 1857–1857
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1829 Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Died	June 11, 1889 Haverhill, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Mary Abbot Trumbull, m. August 19, 1858
Alma mater	Phillips Academy; Dartmouth college. A.B., 1850; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1852
Profession	Lawyer, author

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.

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.

External links

• Biography of Cogswell at the American Antiquarian Society Manuscript Collection