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Robert Toombs

1810 - 1885

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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. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility. He was identified with Alexander H. Stephens's libertarian wing of secessionist opinion, and in contradiction to the nationalist Jefferson Davis, Toombs believed a civil war to be neither inevitable nor winnable by the South. Appointed as Secretary of State of the Confederacy (which lacked political parties), Toombs was against the decision to attack Fort Sumter, and resigned from Davis's cabinet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Robert Toombs is the 17,436th most popular politician (down from 17,281st in 2024), the 11,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,891st in 2019) and the 902nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Toombs ranks 17,436 out of 19,576. Before him are Fofi Gennimata, Ferenc Erdei, Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, John C. Stennis, Marianne Thyssen, and Ekaterina Zakharieva. After him are Chris Christie, Nadiya Savchenko, Howard Dean, Aleksandar Šapić, Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, and Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide.

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Among people born in 1810, Robert Toombs ranks 102. Before him are Philip Francis Thomas, Julián Castro, José María de Achá, John McCloskey, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, and Horatio Seymour.  Among people deceased in 1885, Robert Toombs ranks 84. Before him are Bernhard Horwitz, Anthony W. Gardiner, Helen Hunt Jackson, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Titian Peale, and John McCloskey.

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Among people born in United States, Robert Toombs ranks 11,974 out of 20,380. Before him are Catherine Coleman (1960), Soraya (1969), Marcella Detroit (1952), R. L. Burnside (1926), John Smith (1965), and Sara Josephine Baker (1873). After him are Chris Christie (1962), Ryan Stiles (1959), Mike Colter (1976), Robert Benchley (1889), Andrea Leeds (1914), and Kathryn Erbe (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Toombs ranks 902. Before him are Andrew Young (1932), LeRoy Pope Walker (1817), James Barbour (1775), Tom Carper (1947), John Bell (1796), and John C. Stennis (1901). After him are Chris Christie (1962), Howard Dean (1948), Ed Markey (1946), John B. Anderson (1922), Thomas Corwin (1794), and Paine Wingate (1739).

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