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Howell Cobb (1815-1868), lawyer, politician, Civil War officer and Confederate Government official, born in Jefferson County, Georgia.
Howell Cobb (1815-1868) was born September 7, 1815. He attended the University of Georgia and married Mary Ann Lamar soon after. He was admitted to the bar in 1836. In 1842 he began his political career in the Georgia Congress, followed by his election to the House of Representatives in 1848. One year later, in 1849, Cobb became Speaker of the House. The state of Georgia elected Cobb Governor in 1851, after which he returned to Congress. When Buchanan won the U.S. presidency election, he (as Cobb's close friend) appointed Cobb as the Secretary of the Treasury. Cobb's firm advocacy for secession after the election Abraham Lincoln led him back to Georgia, where he organized the 16th Georgia Regiment, in which he acted as Colonel. In 1863, Cobb accepted a promotion to Major-General. After the Civil War, he opened a law practice and remained in Georgia. He died while on a trip to New York on October 9, 1868.
Howell Cobb, attorney, United States legislator, and Governor of Georgia, was born 7 September 1815, at Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia, and died 9 October 1868, while on a visit to New York City. He was elected a United States Representative from Georgia (1841-1849); became Speaker of the House (1849-1851); was elected Governor of Georgia (1851-1853); was re-elected to Congress (1855-1857); became Secretary of the Treasury under Buchanan (1857-1860); served as president of the provisional Confederate Congress (1861); and was a Confederate Army General (1862-1865). After the Civil War he was a practicing lawyer and led efforts to rebuild the Democratic Party in Georgia.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury; Confederate General.
Howell Cobb (1815-1868), lawyer and politician, resided in Athens, Georgia.
Howell Cobb (1815-1868), lawyer, politician, Confederate government official, and Civil War officer, married Mary Ann Lamar in 1835. Their children included John Addison, Howell Jr., and Mary Ann (Erwin). The family mainly resided in Athens, Georgia.
Lawyer, member of the U.S. Congress, member of President Buchanan's cabinet, Confederate major general, and governor of Georgia; from Athens (Clarke Co.), Ga.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury and Confederate General.
Charles M. Conrad was elected to the Thirty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1849 until his resignation on August 17, 1850. He was appointed secretary of war in the cabinet of President Fillmore and served from August 14, 1850 to March 7, 1853.
Governor of Georgia, U.S. representative from Georgia, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and Confederate Army officer.
Howell Cobb (1815-1868) served two terms as a U.S. Congressman (1843-1851; 1853-1855) and as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851. He was governor of Georgia from 1851 to 1853 and Secretary of the U.S Treasury from 1857 to 1860. During the existence of the Confederate States of America Cobb served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress and a major general of the Confederate army.
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880) served as governor of Georgia from 1853-1856 and was the vice-presidential nominee under Democrat Stephen Douglas in the 1860 presidential election.
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