John Bear Doane Cogswell (June 6, 1829June 11, 1889) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. He was President of the Massachusetts Senate for the 1877, 1878, and 1879 sessions, and was United States Attorney for the District of Wisconsin during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. He was the last U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin before its division into Western and Eastern districts. Biography In 1847, while at Dartmouth College he became a member of Zeta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. In 1852, he was awarded the LL B. from Harvard Law School. See also 1872 Massachusetts legislature 1873 Massachusetts legislature 1877 Massachusetts legislature 1878 Massachusetts legislature 1879 Massachusetts legislature References Jameson, E. O.,: The Cogswell in America, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1884), p. 358; Dartmouth College ... 1769-1940 (Hanover, N.H., 1940), p. 162. Nutt, Charles: A History of Worcester and Its People, (New York City: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1919), vol. III, p. 206-207. Notes External links Biography of Cogswell at the American Antiquarian Society Manuscript Collection Massachusetts State Representatives George Washington Clark, John Bear Doane Cogswell, Robert Couch, Benjamin Franklin Hayes, Barney Hull, Liberty Dodge Packard, Henry Splaine, Francis Dana Stedman, Eliphalet Loring Thayer, Hugh James Toland, Tisdale Sanford White, Ezra Dyer Winslow. Massachusetts lawyers Massachusetts state senators Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives United States Attorneys for the District of Wisconsin Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Lawyers from Milwaukee People from Yarmouth, Massachusetts Dartmouth College alumni Harvard Law School alumni 1829 births 1889 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers