# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howell-cobb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:12:37.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howell-cobb"
name: "Howell Cobb"
slug: "howell-cobb"
description: "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 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)."
tagline: "American politician (1815–1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cobb%2C_Howell2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1815-09-07"
deathDate: "1868-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.99
  momentum:             0.0814000814000814
  historical:           15.55583866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "هويل كوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هوول کوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb_(Politiker%2C_1815)"
    title: "Howell Cobb (Politiker, 1815)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "האוול קוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96"
    title: "ハウエル・コブ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Кобб, Хоуэлл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_Cobb"
    title: "Howell Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B1%AA%E5%8E%84%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E5%B8%83"
    title: "豪厄尔·科布"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878291"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump