| Howell Cobb AKA Thomas Howell Cobb Born: 7-Sep-1815
Birthplace: Jefferson County, GA
Died: 9-Oct-1868
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman, Governor, Treasury Secretary Military service: Confederate Army (1862-64, Brig. Gen.) Father: John Addison Cobb
Mother: Sarah Rootes
Wife: Mary Ann Lamar (m. 26-May-1835, d. 27-Nov-1889, four sons, two daughters)
Son: John Addison Cobb
Son: Lamar Cobb
Son: Howell Cobb
Daughter: Mary Ann Cobb
Daughter: Sarah Mildred Cobb
Son: Andrew J. Cobb
University: University of Georgia (1834)
US Secretary of the Treasury (1857-60)
US Congressman, Georgia 6th (4-Mar-1855 to 3-Mar-1857)
Governor of Georgia (5-Nov-1851 to 9-Nov-1853)
Speaker of the US House (1848-51)
US Congressman, Georgia 6th (4-Mar-1845 to 3-Mar-1851)
US Congressman, Georgia at Large (4-Mar-1843 to 3-Mar-1845)
Georgia State Official Solicitor General, Western Judicial District (1837-41)
Phi Kappa Literary Society
State Bar of Georgia 1836
Author of books:
A Scriptural Examination of the Institution of Slavery (1856)
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