Cobb, Howell
lawyer, soldier, congressman, governor, was born Sept. 7, 1815, in Cherry Hill, Ga. He was a presidential elector in 1836; and was elected a representative in congress in 1842; reelected in 1844, 1846 and 1848, and during his latter term was elected speaker. On his retirement from congress he was chosen governor of Georgia. In 1855 he was again elected to congress, and on the accession of Mr. Buchanan to the presidency, went into his cabinet as secretary of the treasury. He took a prominent part in the rebellion of 1861, and was a member of the so-called confederate con. gress, and a brigadier-general. He died Oct. 9, 1868, in New York city.