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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobb , Howell 1815 -1868 (search)
Cobb, Howell 1815-1868
Statesman; born in Cherry Hill, Jefferson co., Ga., Sept. 7, 1815; was a lawyer by profession, and was solicitor-general of the Western circuit of Georgia from 1837 to 1841; a member of Congress from 1843 to 1851; speaker of the 31st Congress; and governor of Georgia from 1851 to 1853.
He was again elected to Congress in 1855,
Howell Cobb. and was Secretary of the Treasury under President Buchanan from 1857 to 1860.
He was a zealous promoter of the Confederate cause in 1860-61, and was chosen president of the convention at Montgomery, Ala., that organized the Confederate government Feb. 4, 1861.
He became a brigadier-general in the Confederate army; and at the close of the war he opposed the reconstruction measures of the national government.
He died in New York City, Oct. 9, 1868.
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)