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See also
Alexander
W. Acheson —
Grant
Lewis Ambrose —
Alpheus
F. Angell —
John
James Bell —
Katharine
Cooke Blow —
Clarence
Carr Christian, Jr. —
Armistead
Mason Dobie —
Charles
Swinburne Fayerweather —
Philo
Hall —
Paula
Cooke Harshaw —
Marshall
Hicks —
Paul
S. Hudgins —
Roger
Kent —
Frank
Gordon Theis —
Asahel
Johnson Wright —
Irmah
Cooke Zampty |
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Cooke, A. B. —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1892-94.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, A. C. —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,
1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, A. D. —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cooke, Abel —
of Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wallingford, 1821.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Arthur Bledsoe (b.
1869) —
also known as Arthur B. Cooke —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Melton's, Louisa
County, Va., June 15,
1869.
Son of George Washington Cooke and Sallie Farrar (Anderson) Cooke.
Democrat. College
professor; U.S. Consul in Patras, 1910-19; Swansea, 1919-26; Plymouth, 1926-34.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Atwater, Jr. —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1831, 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
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Atwater See J. Atwater
Cooke |
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Cooke, Bates (1787-1841) —
of Lewiston, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., December
23, 1787.
U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1831-33; New York
state comptroller, 1839-41.
Died in Lewiston, Niagara
County, N.Y., May 31,
1841 (age 53 years, 159
days).
Interment at Oak
Wood Cemetery, Lewiston, N.Y.
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Cooke, Benaiah —
of Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 9th District, 1844-45.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Caleb —
of Massachusetts.
U.S. Consul in Lourenco Marques, 1865-84.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Caswell, Jr. —
of Westerly, Washington
County, R.I.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cooke, Charles H. —
of Alstead, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Republican. Delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Alstead;
elected 1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Charles M. —
of Franklin
County, N.C.
Secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1895-96.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chris See Christopher R.
Cooke |
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Cooke, Christopher R. —
also known as Chris Cooke —
of Alaska.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Cooke, Clarence Hyde
(1876-1944) —
also known as Clarence H. Cooke —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, April 17,
1876.
Son of Charles M. Cooke and Anna Charlotte (Rice) Cooke (1853-1934).
Republican. Banker;
president or vice-president of plantation
and sugar
companies; member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1912-28; Speaker
of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24, 1927-28;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1924.
Congregationalist.
Died August
23, 1944 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at Kawaiaho
Church Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Cooke, Colleen A. —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cooke, Diane F. —
of California.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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N. See Edwin Nathinal
Cooke |
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Cooke, Edmund Francis
(1885-1967) —
also known as Edmund F. Cooke —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 13,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 7th District, 1923-28; U.S.
Representative from New York 41st District, 1929-33.
Died in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1967 (age 82 years, 30
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alden, N.Y.
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Cooke, Edmund Vance —
Commonwealth Land candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Edward Dean
(1849-1897) —
also known as Edward D. Cooke —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cascade, Dubuque
County, Iowa, October
17, 1849.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1895-97; died in
office 1897.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 24,
1897 (age 47 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Cooke, Edwin Nathinal
(1810-1879) —
also known as E. N. Cooke —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
26, 1810.
Republican. Oregon
state treasurer, 1862-70; mayor of
Salem, Ore., 1862.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., May 6,
1879 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Cooke, Eleutheros
(1787-1864) —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., December
25, 1787.
Member of Ohio state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1831-33.
Died in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, December
27, 1864 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Cooke, Frank B. —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Chair of
Otsego County Democratic Party, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Frank Patton (b.
1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 1959.
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Cooke, George Anderson (b.
1869) —
also known as George A. Cooke —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Athens, Harrison
County, Ohio, July 3,
1869.
Son of Thomas Cooke and Vanceline (Downing) Cooke.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Guy C.
Scott, 1896-1900; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1902-06; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, George W. —
of Barre, Worcester
County, Mass.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, George Whitney (b.
1856) —
of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Wyoming
County, Pa., October
3, 1856.
Engineer;
surveyor;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1891.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Relatives:
Married to Emma Florence Clark. |
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Cooke, Hadley V., Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Glasgow, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Harry E. —
of Jackson
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Jackson County, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Cooke, Harry G. —
of Branford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Branford, 1937-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Hedley V., Jr. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, 1932; U.S. Consul in Iskenderun, 1943.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Henry D. —
of District of Columbia.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1872-.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Herb —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Candidate in primary for mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
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Cooke, J. Atwater —
of Greene
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Greene County 1st District, 1851.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, J. B. —
of California.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for California, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Cooke, J. W. —
of Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1908,
1916
(alternate).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, James E. —
of Morris, Otsego
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Otsego County 2nd District, 1875.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Jay (1897-1963) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Blue Bell, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 2,
1897.
Son of Jay Cooke III (1872-1935) and Nina L. (Benson) Cooke
(1875-1933).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bond
broker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died July 10,
1963 (age 66 years, 99
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa.
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Cooke, John —
of Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1866.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, John —
of Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1866.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, John F. —
of California.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Cooke, John H. (b. 1911) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., June 29,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District
1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, John Michael —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1934; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, John Warren —
of Mathews, Mathews
County, Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cooke, Joseph A. —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Joseph Platt
(1730-1816) —
also known as Joseph P. Cooke; Joseph Platt
Cook —
of Connecticut.
Born in Stratford (part now in Bridgeport), Fairfield
County, Conn., January
4, 1730.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; probate
judge in Connecticut, 1776-1813; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1776, 1778, 1780-82, 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1784-1802.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
3, 1816 (age 86 years, 30
days).
Interment at North
Main Street Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
|
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Katharine Rowland See Katharine
Cooke Blow |
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Cooke, L. O. —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1903-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, L. W. —
of Parker, Turner
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state senate 6th District, 1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Lawrence H.
(1914-2000) —
of Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born October
15, 1914.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1974.
Died August
17, 2000 (age 85 years, 307
days).
Interment at Rock
Ridge Cemetery, Monticello, N.Y.
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Cooke, Lee —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Austin, Tex., 1988-91.
Still living as of 1991.
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Cooke, Lorrin Alamson
(1831-1902) —
also known as Lorrin A. Cooke —
of Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Marlborough, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 6,
1831.
Son of Levi Cooke and Amelia (Todd) Cooke.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1882-84; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1885-87, 1895-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1892;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1897-99.
Congregationalist.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1902 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, Colebrook, Conn.
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Cooke, Louis P.
(1811-1849) —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, 1811.
Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1841-42; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1839-41.
Charged
in 1843 with the murder
of Captain Mark Lewis; at trial,
the jury deadlocked, and he escaped
before a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on
Corpus Christi in 1844 and lost an
eye.
Died, of cholera,
in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., 1849
(age about
38 years).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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Cooke, Marina —
of Powell, Park
County, Wyo.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wyoming, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1972.
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Cooke, Martin —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 1912-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Mary —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1952.
Female.
Still living as of 1952.
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Cooke, Mary H. —
of Broome
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Broome County 1st District, 1920.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Nicholas
(c.1717-c.1782) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born about 1717.
Governor
of Rhode Island, 1775-78.
Died about 1782 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Oscar O. —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1947-49.
Still living as of 1949.
|
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S. See Pamela S. Cooke |
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Cooke, Pamela S. —
also known as Pam S. Cooke —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cooke, R. D. —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 1946-49.
Still living as of 1949.
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Cooke, Richard F. —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Probate judge in Connecticut; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Richard T. (b.
1913) —
of Alden, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., July 5,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 57th District, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Robert (b. 1821) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, 1821.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1850-51.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Samuel E. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Samuel J. —
of New York.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1860.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Suzette —
of Kent, King
County, Wash.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives; mayor of
Kent, Wash.; elected 2005.
Female.
Still living as of 2005.
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Cooke, Thomas —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state senate 3rd District, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Thomas Burrage
(1778-1853) —
also known as Thomas B. Cooke —
of Greene
County, N.Y.
Born in Wallingford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
21, 1778.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1811-13; member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1838-39.
Died in Catskill, Greene
County, N.Y., November
20, 1853 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y.
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Cooke, Turhand K. —
of Greene
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1841.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Walter E. (b.
1910) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
22, 1910.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 10th District, 1943-44, 1965;
defeated, 1944; member of New York
state senate 11th District, 1955-64.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Wilce L. —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Benton Harbor, Mich., 1982, 2004-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Cooke, William A. —
of Montville, New London
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Montville, 1918.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, William Gordon
(1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March 26,
1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for
him.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Cooke, William J. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1908,
1912,
1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, William Mordecai
(1823-1863) —
of Missouri.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., December
11, 1823.
State court judge in Missouri, 1849; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in
office 1863.
Died in Petersburg,
Va., April 14,
1863 (age 39 years, 124
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Cooke, William V. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1903, 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Wilson —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Greenville
County, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1880,
1884.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooke, Woodrow —
of Oceana, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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