---
title: "1 Howell Cobb Quotes"
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 Repre..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-howell-cobb-243019.jpg"
---

![Portrait of Howell Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-howell-cobb-243019.jpg)

# Howell Cobb

 **1** quotes in **10** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

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 trea

##  Quotes by Howell Cobb

> [If slaves will make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howell-cobb/if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-our-whole-theory-of-slavery-is/)

[Howell Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/)

[Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howell-cobb-243019_civil-war_if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-o_1297469.png)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#itemlist",
            "name": "Howell Cobb Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If slaves will make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Howell Cobb"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howell-cobb/if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-our-whole-theory-of-slavery-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howell-cobb-243019_civil-war_if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-o_1297469.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howell-cobb-243019_civil-war_if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-o_1297469.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howell-cobb-243019_civil-war_if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-o_1297469.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If slaves will make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong.” — Howell Cobb",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#person",
            "name": "Howell Cobb",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/",
            "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-howell-cobb-243019.jpg",
            "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 trea"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/",
            "name": "Howell Cobb",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howell-cobb-243019_civil-war_if-slaves-will-make-good-soldiers-then-o_1297469.png"
            },
            "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 Repre...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Howell Cobb",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howell-cobb/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```