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This article discusses the family history and life of North Carolina native James Cochran Dobbin. Born to a prominent Fayetteville family, Dobbin was elected to the House of Representatives in 1845 but chose not to run for reelection. Instead, Dobbin entered the North Carolina State Legislature where he was instrumental in the creation of Asylum for the Insane (State Hospital) in Raleigh. He stayed in the State Legislature before being appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Franklin Pierce in 1853.
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