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Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy.
Robert A. Toombs was an American Southern antebellum politician who turned ardently secessionist, served briefly as Confederate secretary of state, and later sought to restore white supremacy in Georgia during and after Reconstruction. Born into a wealthy planter family, Toombs entered and withdrew.
Robert Toombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65). This was surprising; although Toombs was a slaveholding planter, he had dedicated the majority of his political career to preserving the Union.
Robert Toombs (1810-85) was a U.S. senator, Confederate cabinet member, and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Born in Georgia, he studied law in Georgia, New York, and Virginia, and in 1829 opened a law practice in Georgia.
Robert, or "Bob" Toombs as he came to be known, was from a long line of politically active men, and he was no exception. He began his career at Franklin College (from 1801 until 1859, the University of Georgia was only Franklin College) in Athens, Georgia, in 1824.
Robert Toombs: A Confederate Portrait - The Atlantic. By Gamaliel Bradford Jr. August 1913 Issue. ‘HE is the most remarkable man in many respects that the South has ever produced, and it is...
It was the home of Robert Toombs (1810–85), a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Georgia who originally opposed Southern secession but later became a Confederate Cabinet official and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Robert Toombs of Georgia stands as one of the most fiery and influential politicians of the nineteenth century. Sarcastic, charming, egotistical, and gracious, he rose quickly from state office to congressman to senator in the decades before the Civil War.
Robert Toombs, Man Without a Country By William Y. Thompson* May 3, 1865, the remaining vestiges of Confederate civil authority in the persons of Jefferson Davis and his entourage rode into Washington, Georgia. With Davis were Secretaries Stephen R. Mallory and John H. Reagan, a few officers, men, and baggage.
Robert Toombs, statesman, speaker, soldier, sage: his career in Congress and on the hustings--his work in the courts--his record with the army--his life at home. The metadata below describe the original scanning.