LC control no. | nr 90013668 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868 |
Variant(s) | Cobb, Governor (Howell), 1815-1868 Cobb, Mr. (Howell), 1815-1868 |
See also | Georgia. Governor (1851-1853 : Cobb) |
Birth date | 1815-09-07 |
Death date | 1868-04-20 |
Place of birth | Jefferson County (Ga.) |
Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Georgia. Office of the Governor United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary Confederate States of America. Provisional Congress |
Profession or occupation | Politicians Legislators--United States Governors--Georgia |
Found in | To our constituents, 1849: p. 8 (Howell Cobb) Biog. direct. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Cobb, Howell; b. 9/7/1815; d. 4/20/1868) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868; usage: Howell Cobb; Governor Cobb; Mr. Cobb; note: representative from Ga., governor of Ga., 1851-1853; not to be confused with Howell Cobb, 1795-1864) Wikipedia, July 6, 2021 (Howell Cobb; Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815, Jefferson County, Georgia--October 9, 1868, New York City) was an American political figure; 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 the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851-1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857-1860); Cobb is probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States) |
Associated language | eng |