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1st Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America
ROBERT TOOMBS (1810-1885)
U.S. Congressman, Georgia-Whig, 1845-1853 U.S. Senator, Georgia-Democrat, 1853-1861 On February 4, 1861, Sen. Toombs withdrew from the U.S. Senate in support of the Confederacy.
During the Civil War, Robert Toombs served in the Confederate
Provisional Congress and as 1st Secretary of State of the Confederate States from February 25, 1861 to July 25, 1861.
The original Cabinet of the Confederate States of America (left to right): Attorney General Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of the Navy Stephen R. Mallory, Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger (standing), Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, Secretary of War LeRoy P. Walker (standing), President Jefferson Davis, Postmaster General John H. Reagan, andSecretary of State Robert Toombs.
Throughout the 1840s and 1850s, Robert Toombs fought to reconcile national policies with sectional interests. He was committed to preserving the Union. Along with Alexander H. Stephens, he defended Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 against "fire-eating" southern radicals who advocated secession from the Union as the only solution to sectional tensions over slavery. His faith in the resiliency and effectiveness of the national government to resolve sectional conflicts waned as the 1850s
drew to a close.
By
1860, Toombs had drifted into the radical camp with the fire-eaters in
opposition to northern abolitionists. Abraham Lincoln's election to the
presidency in 1860 and the resulting secession of Georgia from the
Union finally prompted Toombs to resign his U.S. Senate seat on
February 4, 1861. Unlike the crisis of 1850, these events galvanized
Toombs's radicalism and energized ambitions for becoming the President
of the new Confederate nation. The robust and tempestuous Robert Toombs was in stark contrast with the frail
and even-tempered Stephens, but the two Georgians were close friends and associates.
Stephens later asserted that but for a misunderstanding at the election, Toombs would
probably have been the President of the Confederate States of America, instead
of Jefferson Davis. The selection of Jefferson Davis as the
new nation's chief executive not only dashed Toombs's highest hopes but
also turned him into one of the most outspoken critics of the
Confederate government and its policies. Nevertheless, Davis chose
Toombs as his first Secretary of State. Five months after his
appointment, a frustrated Toombs stepped down to command a Georgia
military brigade in Virginia. Denied a military promotion, he resigned
his commission as Brigadier General and returned home to Georgia.
When the Confederacy finally collapsed in 1865, Toombs barely escaped arrest by Union troops and went into hiding until fleeing to Cuba and then to Paris. He returned to the United States via Canada in 1867.
Because he refused
to request a pardon from Congress, he never regained his American citizenship.
Superb Free Franked Envelope:
"Free R Toombs U.S.S."
6" x 3 1/2" slightly torn back flap
Postmarked Washington, D.C. May 6, 1860
docketed on verso: "R Toombs - Washington DC Political & friendly &c May 1860"
in pencil "5-5-60"
ADDRESSED BY TOOMBS TO HIS GOOD FRIEND
"Hon. Alexr H. Stephens Crawfordville Georgia"
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Herman Darvick is co-author, Chapter 1 AUTHENTICATION The SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE 7th edition 2009
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