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New page: '''Howell Cobb''', a Representative from Georgia; born at “Cherry Hill,” Jefferson County, Ga., September 7, 1815; moved with his father to Athens, Ga., in childhood; was gradu...
'''Howell Cobb''', a Representative from [[Georgia]]; born at “Cherry Hill,” Jefferson County, Ga., September 7, 1815; moved with his father to [[Athens]], Ga., in childhood; was graduated from Franklin College (then a part of the [[University of Georgia]]), at Athens in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Athens, Ga., in 1836; [[solicitor general]] of the western judicial circuit of Georgia 1837-1841; elected as a [[Democrat]] to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-first Congress); [[Governor]] of Georgia 1851-1853; elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); [[Secretary of the Treasury]] in the Cabinet of President [[James Buchanan|Buchanan]] and served from March 6, 1857, to December 10, 1860, when he resigned; chairman of the convention of delegates from the [[Civil War|seceded States]] which assembled in [[Montgomery]], Ala., on February 24, 1861, to form a [[Confederacy|Confederate Government]]; appointed a [[brigadier general]] in the [[Confederate Army]] February 13, 1862, and promoted to major general September 9, 1863; surrendered at [[Macon]], Ga., April 20, 1864; died in New York City October 9, 1868; interment in Oconee Cemetery, Athens, Clarke County, Ga.
==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobb, Howell}}
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]
[[Category:Civil War]]