Harold E. Cobourn
{{short description|American politician and lawyer (died 1938)}}
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| state_delegate = Maryland
| district = Cecil County
| term_start = 1935
| term_end = 1938
| predecessor = Wallace Williams
| successor = Cecil Clyde Squier
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| death_date = Elkton, Maryland, U.S.
| death_place = {{death date and given age|1938|6|5|44}}
| resting_place = Mount Erin Cemetery
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Katherine Fahey
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| relatives = Frederick Lee Cobourn (brother)
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| alma_mater = University of Maryland School of Law
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Harold E. Cobourn (died June 5, 1938) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1935 to his death in 1938.
Early life
Harold E. Cobourn was born to Lydia and Hiram Cobourn. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-harold-cobourn-killed-in-wreck/125881898/ |title=Harold Cobourn Killed in Wreck |date=1938-06-06 |newspaper=The Daily News |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-06-05}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-crash-kills-h-e-cobo/125882216/ |title=Crash Kills H. E. Cobourn, State Senator |date=1938-06-06 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-06-05}}{{Open access}} His brother was Frederick Lee Cobourn.
Career
After graduating, Cobourn started practicing law in Perryville. Cobourn was one of three attorneys who unsuccessful defended state labor commissioner Harry T. Phoebus.
Cobourn was a Democrat. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1935 to his death in 1938.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/senate/html/cesenate.html |title=Historical List, Senate, Cecil County (1838-1966) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=1999-09-30 |access-date=2023-06-05}} In 1936, he worked as an investigator for the states road commission. In 1938, he announced that he was running to be an associate judge of the second judicial circuit court, challenging Thomas J. Keating.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-senator-cobourn-dies-i/125882526/ |title=Senator Cobourn Dies in Auto Crash |date=1938-06-06 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-06-05}}{{Open access}}
Personal life
Cobourn married Katherine Fahey, niece of Havre de Grace mayor Michael H. Fahey. He was friends with Governor Harry Nice. In 1936, Cobourn was adopted by an Indian tribe of the Elk River Reservation and was given the name "Flying Eagle".{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-3-services-held-in-cob/125882706/ |title=3 Services Held in Cobourn Burial |date=1938-06-09 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-06-05}}{{Open access}}
Cobourn died from a brain hemorrhage on June 5, 1938, at the age of 44, after getting in an automobile crash during his campaign tour near North East. He died at Union Hospital in Elkton. He was buried at Mount Erin Cemetery.
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:People from Cecil County, Maryland
Category:University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni
Category:Democratic Party Maryland state senators
Category:Road incident deaths in Maryland
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly