OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
James Cochran Dobbin

BORN:
January 17, 1814
Fayetteville, North Carolina (BA, 1832)

DIED:
August 4, 1857 (age 43)
Fayetteville, North Carolina,

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1835:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Fayetteville, North Carolina 
1843-1847:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-NC)
1848, 1850, 1852:
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
1850:
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons
1852:
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
1853-1857:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Navy
NCPedia
Wikipedia