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Howell Cobb

1815 - 1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868) was an American and later Confederate political figure. 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). Cobb is, however, best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States where delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howell Cobb is the 17,066th most popular politician (down from 17,042nd in 2019), the 11,137th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,263rd in 2019) and the 849th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Howell Cobb ranks 17,066 out of 19,576. Before him are Uberto De Morpurgo, Janusz Wojciechowski, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, William H. Webster, Susanna M. Salter, and Choguel Kokalla Maïga. After him are Múte Bourup Egede, Dunja Mijatović, Sari Essayah, Eliud Williams, William Samuel Johnson, and Greg Gianforte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Howell Cobb ranks 84. Before him are Daniel Bashiel Warner, Otto von Böhtlingk, Giovanni Caselli, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Edward James Roye, and Daniel Cornelius Danielssen. After him are Hablot Knight Browne, Andrew Jackson Downing, William J. Hardee, James Seddon, Alexander Ramsey, and James W. Nye. Among people deceased in 1868, Howell Cobb ranks 66. Before him are Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Laura Secord, Carl Mayet, Benizelos Roufos, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, and José María de Achá. After him is Mzilikazi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howell Cobb ranks 11,139 out of 20,380. Before him are Claudia Christian (1965), Anita Baker (1958), Michael Milken (1946), Woody Shaw (1944), Susanna M. Salter (1860), and Jim Neidhart (1955). After him are Brian Christopher (1972), Kay Johnson (1904), Terry Callier (1945), Charlie Puth (1991), Jim Backus (1913), and William Samuel Johnson (1727).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Howell Cobb ranks 849. Before him are William H. McRaven (1955), Dennis Hastert (1942), Hiram Johnson (1866), Jane Dee Hull (1935), William H. Webster (1924), and Susanna M. Salter (1860). After him are William Samuel Johnson (1727), Greg Gianforte (1961), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Henry McMaster (1947), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746).

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