Background
Cobb, Charles Wellington was born on August 15, 1871 in Gilroy, California, United States. Son of Robert and Anna (McGregor) Cobb.
Cobb, Charles Wellington was born on August 15, 1871 in Gilroy, California, United States. Son of Robert and Anna (McGregor) Cobb.
Public and high schools, California. San Jose (California) Law School.
Admitted to California bar, 1897. Member firm of Cobb & Rea, San Jose, 1897-1906. Removed to San Francisco, 1906, and member firm of Heney (Francis Joseph & Cobb, 1906-1911.
Special counsel for State of California, engaged in San Francisco graft prosecutions, 1906-1909.
Appointed by President Taft assistant attorney general of United States, May, 1911, and assigned to Department of Interior, retired, September 15, 1913.
Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco), Sainte Claire (San Jose).
Married Mariedna Snell, of Berkeley, California, June 30, 1910.