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Howell Cobb (7 September 1815 – 9 October 1868) was an American and later Confederate political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and the speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851.
Howell Cobb (born Sept. 7, 1815, Jefferson County, Ga., U.S.—died Oct. 9, 1868, New York City) was a Georgia politician who championed Southern unionism during the 1850s but then advocated immediate secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln.
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28 de ago. de 2002 · Howell Cobb was a mid-nineteenth-century politician who served as congressman, speaker, governor, treasury secretary, and Confederate leader. He advocated for compromise and Union, but supported secession and Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Howell Cobb (1815--68) was president of the Provisional Confederate Congress and was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Born in Jefferson County, Georgia, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1843 to 1851.
Howell Cobb was born in 1815 in Cobbham (Jefferson County), Georgia. He graduated from Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) in 1834 before studying the law and being admitted to the state bar in 1836. A year later, Cobb was serving as solicitor general of the Western Circuit Court of Georgia, a post he held until 1841.
21 de mai. de 2018 · On the Democratic side, Howell Cobb of Georgia towered over the rest. He inspired confidence not only as a skilled debater but also as a man of integrity. A Unionist, Cobb was one of the few southerners in Congress who had refused to sign Calhoun's Southern Address.
General Howell Cobb commanded the Confederate forces defending the city of Columbus on April 16, 1865. The Battle of Columbus hinged on control of the two covered bridges that connected Girard, Alabama to Columbus, Georgia across the Chattahoochee River; in order to prevent access to Columbus, Confederates set fire to the lower bridge (right)
