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Toombs, Robert (1810–1885)| US politician. When the Confederacy was formed and Jefferson Davis became its president 1861, Toombs was appointed secretary of state. When the question of attacking Fort Sumter was discussed, he counselled caution, but was overruled. He later quarrelled with Davis and left the cabinet to become inspector general of the Georgia troops. |
| Toombs was born in Georgia and educated at the universities of Georgia and Virginia. After a number of terms in the House of Representatives of his state, he was a member of Congress from Georgia 1845–53, and US senator from Georgia 1853–61. When the Civil War was lost, he remained in exile in Europe until 1867, when he returned to his native state. |
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