Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 - October 9, 1868) was an American political figure. He served as a five-term Congressman and in the Presidential Cabinet of James Buchanan and then in the civic and military service of Civil War-era Georgia and the Confederate States of America. Wikipedia
In his later years, Waltman joined the artistic community at Dover Plains, New York where he became interested in landscape painting His portrait of Howell Cobb was painted from a pre-Civil War Matthew Brady photograph. www.ustreas.gov/education/history/secretaries/hcobb.html
Howell Cobb Birth: Sep. 7, 1815 Death: Oct. 9, 1868 Congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor, Secretary of the Treasury, Civil War Confederate Major General. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8962
Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest child of Sarah and John Cobb. His younger brother, Thomas R. R. Cobb , became a prominent jurist and Confederate general. Around 1819 the family moved to Athens , where Cobb attended the www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-615
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Howell Cobb Birth: Sep. 7, 1815 Death: Oct. 9, 1868 Congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor, Secretary of the Treasury, Civil War Confederate Major General. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8962
