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About Howell Cobb
Major General Howell Cobb was an American politician and Confederate States Army officer. 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. He also served as the 40th governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a secretary of the treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860).
Everything about Howell Cobb →- Occupation
- politician, army officer, governor, major general
- Position held
- Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of Georgia, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States, Confederate States of America
- Born
- September 7, 1815
- Died
- October 9, 1868