{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = George R. Stobbs | image = GeorgeRStobbs.jpg | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 4th congressional district|4th]] | term_start = March 4, 1925 | term_end = March 3, 1931 | preceded = [[Samuel Winslow]] | succeeded = [[Pehr G. Holmes]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1877|02|07}} | birth_place = [[Webster, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|12|23|1877|02|07}} | death_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Mabel Florence Murdock (1875-1944) (m. 1905) | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]<br/>[[Harvard Law School]] | profession = Attorney | allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]] | branch = [[Massachusetts State Guard]] <br>[[United States Army Reserve|Officers Reserve Corps]] | service_years = 1917-1920 (State Guard)<br/>1927-1942 (Reserve) | rank = [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] (State Guard)<br>[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] (Reserve Corps) | commands = | unit = | battles = }}
'''George Russell Stobbs''' (February 7, 1877 – December 23, 1966) was an attorney and politician. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]] for three terms.
==Early life== Stobbs was born in [[Webster, Massachusetts]] on February 7, 1877,{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} the son of Charles Richard Stobbs and Anna Lincoln.{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} He attended the local schools of Webster, and graduated from [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in 1895.{{sfn|''General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903''|page=162}} He received his bachelor's degree from [[Harvard University]] in 1899,{{sfn|''The Harvard University Catalogue''|page=135}} and a master's degree from Harvard in 1900.{{sfn|''The Harvard University Catalogue''|page=135}} He received his law degree from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1902,{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]].{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}}
==Military service== Stobbs commanded Company H, 20th Infantry Regiment of the [[Massachusetts State Guard]] from 1917 to 1920, and attained the rank of [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]].{{sfn|''Annual Report''|page=213}} The State Guard was a volunteer organization which handled many of the in state responsibilities of the [[Massachusetts Army National Guard|Massachusetts National Guard]] during the National Guard's overseas deployment for [[World War I]]. From 1927 to 1942, Stobbs was a [[Major (United States)|major]] and subsequently [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General]]’s Department of the [[United States Army Reserve|Officers Reserve Corps]].{{sfn|''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''|page=44}}
==Political career== Stobbs served on Webster's school board from 1903 to 1906,{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} and was active in Webster's Young Men's Republican Club,{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} of which he served as president in 1904.{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} In 1908 he relocated to Worcester, where he practiced law in partnership with [[George S. Taft]].{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}} Stobbs was a special justice for the central district court of Worcester from 1909 to 1916,{{sfn|''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''|page=44}} and assistant district attorney for the middle district of Massachusetts from 1917 to 1921.{{sfn|''History of the Harvard Law School''|page=304}}{{sfn|''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''|page=44}}
In 1924, Stobbs was the successful [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]]; he was reelected twice, and served in the [[69th United States Congress|69th]], [[70th United States Congress|70th]], and [[71st United States Congress|71st]] Congresses (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931). He did not run for reelection in 1930. During his House career, Stobbs was one of the managers appointed in 1926 to conduct impeachment proceedings against [[George W. English]], the judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois]].
In 1930, Stobbs was a U.S. delegate to the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union|Inter-Parliamentary Union Congress]] in [[London]]. He was a delegate to the [[1932 Republican National Convention]], and to the Republican state conventions in 1940 and 1942.
==Later career== After leaving Congress, Stobbs resumed practicing law in Worcester, Massachusetts and became the senior partner in the firm of Stobbs, Stockwell & Tilton.{{sfn|''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''|page=44}} He died in on December 23, 1966,{{sfn|"George Stobbs, 90, Was Congressman"|page=8C}} and was buried at [[Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)|Worcester Rural Cemetery]].
==Family== In 1905, Stobbs was married to Mabel Florence Murdock (1875-1944). Their children included sons Russell (1907-1975) and Hamilton (1910-1938).
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== ===Books=== *{{cite book |last=Massachusetts Adjutant General |date=1920 |title=Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFdBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA213 |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Wright & Potter |ref={{sfnRef|''Annual Report''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Phillips Exeter Academy |date=1903 |title=General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6UZAAAAAIAAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6UZAAAAAIAAJ/page/n174 162] |location=Exeter, NH |publisher=News-Letter Press |ref={{sfnRef|''General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903''}}}} *{{cite book |last=President and Fellows of Harvard University |date=1901 |title=The Harvard University Catalogue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqpIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA135 |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Harvard University |ref={{sfnRef|''The Harvard University Catalogue''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Charles William |date=1949 |title=Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBc_AAAAIAAJ&q=%22stobbs%2C+stockwell+%26+tilton%22 |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=W. W. Taylor |ref={{sfnRef|''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Warren |first=Charles |date=1908 |title=History of the Harvard Law School |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GbD_J57LbQC&pg=RA2-PA304 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lane Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|''History of the Harvard Law School''}}|isbn=9781584770060 }}
===Newspapers=== *{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=December 25, 1966 |title=George Stobbs, 90, Was Congressman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/114166426/ |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |location=Poughkeepsie, NY |ref={{sfnRef|"George Stobbs, 90, Was Congressman"}}}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{CongBio|S000931}} *{{Find a Grave|7159086}}
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