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See also
John
Oscar Bell —
Robert
Bowens —
James
Lane Buckley —
Luren
Dudley Dickinson —
John
Villiers Farwell —
John
Milford Goldesberry —
Goodwin
Jess Knight |
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Cooley, Alford W. —
of Westchester, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1900-01.
Interment somewhere
in Longmeadow, Mass.
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Cooley, Alfred S. —
of Eagle, Cass
County, Neb.
Member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893-95.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Mrs. B. D. —
of Somers, Tolland
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Somers, 1926.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, B. S. —
of Alabama.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1924.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Basil E. —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cooley, Charles H. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 21st District, 1877-80.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, David II —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1833, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Dean —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Republican. Elected Arizona
state house of representatives 21st District 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Cooley, E. E. —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
District judge in Iowa, 1880-82, 1894 (10th District 1880-82, 13th
District 1894).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Earl (1880-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.
Born in Richmond, McHenry
County, Ill., March 27,
1880.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1921-23.
Died in Fitzsimmons General Hospital,
Adams
County, Colo., May 6,
1940 (age 60 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Eldon W. —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Mayor of
Mesa, Ariz., 1972-76.
Still living as of 1976.
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Cooley, Eli R. —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Mayor
of Racine, Wis., 1850.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Elizabeth W. —
of Brocton, Edgar
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Ethel H. —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Dakota, 1960.
Female.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cooley, Francis B. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Financier;
member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1884-85.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Francis D. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Frederick (d.
1932) —
of Marlborough, Hartford
County, Conn.
Delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; probate
judge in Connecticut.
Died October
14, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, G. B. —
of Dodge
County, Minn.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 11th District, 1872.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, G. C. —
of Salem, Dent
County, Mo.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dent County; elected 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Cooley, H. C. —
of Michigan.
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
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Cooley, H. P. —
of Bon Homme, Bon Homme
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Harold Dunbar
(1897-1974) —
also known as Harold D. Cooley —
of Nashville, Nash
County, N.C.
Born in Nashville, Nash
County, N.C., July 26,
1897.
Son of Roger A. Pryor Cooley and Hattie (Davis) Cooley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1934-67;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
Order; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died of emphysema
in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., January
15, 1974 (age 76 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
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Cooley, Holley —
of Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Republican. Candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 9th District, 1958, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cooley, Horace S. (d.
1850) —
of Adams
County, Ill.
Secretary
of state of Illinois, 1846-50; died in office 1850.
Died April 2,
1850.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Isaac P. —
of Passaic
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1860-61.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, J. A. —
of Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-90.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, J. H. —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, J. P. (b. 1845) —
of Tabor, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rowlandsville, Cecil
County, Md., February
26, 1845.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock
grower; banker; member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73; member of South
Dakota state senate 4th District, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Cooley, Jabez B. —
of Union
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, James (1791-1828) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1791.
Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1824;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Peru, 1826-28, died in office 1828.
Died in Lima, Peru, February
24, 1828 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Isla San Lorenzo, Peru.
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Cooley, James —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 17th District, 1982.
Still living as of 1982.
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Cooley, James —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Candidate for mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1994.
Still living as of 1994.
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Cooley, James E. —
of Stapleton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 1st District, 1852-53.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Jonathan —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1796-97.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Marion —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Milton Buckingham
(1840-1932) —
also known as Milton B. Cooley —
of Waterloo, Athens
County, Ohio; McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio; Athens, Athens
County, Ohio; Lynn Haven, Bay
County, Fla.
Born in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, May 15,
1840.
Son of George Washington Cooley (1811-1889) and Lorena Luzany
(Stanley) Cooley (1814-1847).
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
Greenback Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884;
People's candidate for Ohio state
house of representatives from Hocking and Vinton counties, 1897.
Died in Lynn Haven, Bay
County, Fla., June 9,
1932 (age 92 years, 25
days).
Interment at Lynn
Haven Cemetery, Lynn Haven, Fla.
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Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn (b.
1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March 28,
1855.
Son of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley.
Democrat. Engineer;
university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Philetus —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1831.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Richard E. —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cooley, Robert O. —
of Rialto, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Cooley, Samuel L. —
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1856.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Thomas McIntyre
(1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Son of Thomas Cooley (1778-1847) and Rachel (Hubbard) Cooley
(1790-1869).
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. is named for
him.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Cooley, W. R. —
of Springfield, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1919-20.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cooley, Wes (b. 1932) —
of Oregon.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 28,
1932.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state senate, 1992; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1995-97.
Still living as of 1998.
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Cooley, William —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Manchester, 1825, 1827, 1830,
1833.
Burial
location unknown.
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