Samuel A. Dobbins
Samuel Atkinson Dobbins was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873-1877. He served as the Sheriff of Burlington County, New Jersey from 1854 to 1857.Biography
Dobbins was born near Vincentown in Southampton Township, New Jersey on April 14, 1814. He attended private and public schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Mount Holly Township, New Jersey in 1838 and continued farming. He was high sheriff of Burlington County from 1854–1857, and served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1859-1861. He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention. Dobbins was a trustee of the Pennington Seminary from 1866–1886, serving as president of the board of trustees for ten years.
Dobbins was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1876.
After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Mount Holly on May 26, 1886, and was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery.
