James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 – June 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

He entered the Confederate States Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.

He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, but his rival for office challenged the election results.

He died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.Mex., June 2, 1903 and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama.

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