Donald C. Dobbins
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Donald C. Dobbins
|image = Donald C. Dobbins (Illinois Congressman).png
|caption =
|state = Illinois
|district = {{ushr|Illinois|19|19th}}
|term_start = March 4, 1933
|term_end = January 3, 1937
|predecessor = Charles Adkins
|successor = Hugh M. Rigney
|birth_name = Donald Claude Dobbins
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|3|20}}
|birth_place = Dewey, Illinois
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|2|14|1878|3|20}}
|death_place = Champaign, Illinois
|resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery
|party = Democratic
|education = University 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
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
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia in 1936.
= Congress =
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
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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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Category:People from Champaign, Illinois
Category:George Washington University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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