Howell Cobb
| Howell Cobb | |
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| President of the C.S. Provisional Congress | |
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In office February 4, 1861 – February 18, 1862 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 7, 1857 – December 8, 1860 |
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| President | James Buchanan |
| Preceded by | James Guthrie |
| Succeeded by | Philip Thomas |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
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| Preceded by | Junius Hillyer |
| Succeeded by | James Jackson |
| 40th Governor of Georgia | |
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In office November 5, 1851 – November 9, 1853 |
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| Preceded by | George Towns |
| Succeeded by | Herschel Johnson |
| 19th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
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In office December 22, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
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| President |
Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | Robert Winthrop |
| Succeeded by | Linn Boyd |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1851 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Junius Hillyer |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | James Meriwether |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1815 Jefferson County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1868 (aged 53) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1851; 1853–1868) Constitutional Union (1851–1853) |
| Relations | Thomas R.R. Cobb (brother) |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands | Cobb's Brigade District of Georgia and Florida |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Thomas Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868) was an American political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as a Secretary of Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860) and the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853).
He is, however, probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, in which delegates of the Southern slave states which had declared that they had seceded from the United States created the Confederate States.
Cobb served for two weeks between the foundation of the Confederacy and the election of Jefferson Davis as its first President. This made him, as the Speaker of the Congress, provisional Head of State at this time.
Born in Jefferson County, Georgia, Cobb was raised in Athens, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society. He was of Welsh American ancestry. He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and became solicitor general of the western judicial circuit of Georgia.
He married Mary Ann Lamar on May 26, 1835. They would have eleven children, the first in 1838 and the last in 1861. They were John Addison, Zachariah Lamar, Howell, Henry Jackson, Basil Lamar, Mary Ann Lamar, Laura Rootes, Sarah, Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth Craig, and Thomas Reade Rootes. Several did not survive out of childhood, including their last, a son who was named after Howell's brother, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.
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