Robert Toombs
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Robert Augustus Toombs was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toom
The original Confederate Cabinet. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H. Reagan and Robert Toombs.
Toombs' house in Washington, Georgia, seen here in 1934.
President Jefferson Davis
Howell Cobb
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Howell Cobb 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 184
Lucy May Stanton, Howell Cobb, 1912, Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Cobb as Secretary of the Treasury
President James Buchanan and Cabinet, 1859. Photograph by Mathew Brady