Howell Cobb Professions : Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Born : September 7, 1815 Died : October 9, 1868 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Howell Cobb If slaves will make good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong. Howell Cobb slavery soldier war Similar Authors Andrew Stevenson former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives Dennis Hastert former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives Carl Albert former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives James G. Blaine former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives Joseph William Martin, Jr. former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon former-speaker-of-the-united-states-house-of-representatives All Authors