List of United States Political Families (C) - The Cobbs

The Cobbs

• Howell Cobb (1772–1818), U.S. Representative from Georgia 1807-1812. Great uncle of Howell Cobb.
  • Howell Cobb (1815–1868), U.S. Representative from Georgia 1843-1851 1855-1857, Governor of Georgia 1851-1853, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1857-1860, Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress 1861-1862. Great nephew of Howell Cobb.
  • Thomas R.R. Cobb (1823–1862), member of the Provisional Confederate Congress from Georgia 1861. Brother of Howell Cobb.
  • Thomas W. Cobb (1784–1830), U.S. Representative from Georgia 1817-1821 1823-1824, U.S. Senator from Georgia 1824-1828. Cousin of Howell Cobb and Thomas R.R. Cobb.
    • Henry R. Jackson (1820–1898), U.S. Minister to Mexico 1885-1886. Son-in-law of Thomas R.R. Cobb.
    • M. Hoke Smith (1855–1931), President of multiple Georgia State Democratic Conventions, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1893-1896, Governor of Georgia 1907-1909 1911, U.S. Senator from Georgia 1911-1921. Son-in-law of Thomas R.R. Cobb.
      • Andrew C. Erwin (1884–1941), Mayor of Athens, Georgia 1918-1921; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1920 1924 1928 1932. Grandson of Howell Cobb.

NOTE: Thomas R.R. Cobb was also the son-in-law of Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Andrew C. Erwin was also brother-in-law of Athens, Georgia Mayor Robert L. McWhorter.