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 Confederate States of America, having served as the President of the Provisional Confederate Congress, when delegates of the secessionist states issued creation of the Confederacy.
Cobb served for two weeks between the foundation of the Confederacy and the election of Jefferson Davis as 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.
Howell Cobb (August 3, 1772 – May 26, 1818) was an American politician, farmer and soldier.
Born in Granville County, North Carolina, Cobb later moved to Louisville, Georgia. From February 23, 1793, until January 31, 1806, Cobb served in various military positions in the United States Army including ensign and lieutenant in the Second Sub Legion and as captain in the Artillerists and Engineers.
In 1806, Cobb was elected as Democratic-Republican to the 10th United States Congress, and he was reelected to that position in the 11th, and 12th United States Congresses. He resigned from Congress before October 1812 to accept a captain's commission in the U.S. Army to fight in the War of 1812. After his second period of military service, he returned to his plantation, Cherry Hill, northwest of Louisville. Cobb died there in 1818 and was buried in the family cemetery on that estate.
Cobb's great nephew and namesake Howell Cobb served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Governor of Georgia, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Provisional President Pro Tem of the Confederate States of America
Howell Cobb (December 7, 1922 – September 16, 2005) was a Texas lawyer and federal judge.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cobb joined the United States Navy in 1942, completing his cadet training in 1943 and serving as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945, during which time he was a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater. He finished his service as an instructor at Pensacola Naval Air Station in 1945. He then returned to school, receiving an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. He went into private practice, first in Houston, Texas, from 1949 to 1954, and then in Beaumont, Texas, from 1954 to 1985.
On February 26, 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Cobb to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, created by 98 Stat. 333. Cobb was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985, and received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on March 1, 2001, and continued serving in that capacity upon his death of a heart attack, during a family vacation in Castine, Maine.
Howell Cobb (1815–1868) was an American political figure.
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Open the door
With you lips kiss the floor
Open your eyes
You're in hell pay the price
Open your mind
Let me see your thoughts behind
Open your mouth
And let me know the truth
The devil rises up
Out of the fire
he calls me a liar
But I like to stay
Hell to pay
That's my way
Hell to pay
Hell to pay
When angels fly free
I lock up the door and hold the key
When hell is open
My black heart will know what happened
The devil rises up
punishes me with hate
and lead me to the gate
But I like to stay
Hell to pay
That's my way
Hell to pay
Hell to pay
The devil rises up
punishes me with hate
and lead me to the gate
But I like to stay
Hell to pay
That's my way
Hell to pay
Hell to pay