| COTTON (Soundex
C350)
— See also
CATTON,
COTT,
COTTEN,
COTTOM,
COTTONE,
SCOTTO,
SCOTTON,
VALLOTTON,
WHITECOTTON,
WOOTTON,
WOTTON.
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See
Harold
E. Bradley |
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Cotton, Allison M. —
of Aurora, Adams
County, Colo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Cotton, Angus —
of Lone Rock, Kossuth
County, Iowa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Cotton, Aylett Rains
(1826-1912) —
also known as Aylett R. Cotton —
of Lyons, Clinton
County, Iowa; Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Austintown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
29, 1826.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; Clinton
County Judge, 1851-53; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1854; mayor of Lyons, Iowa, 1855-57;
delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1857;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1868-71; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1871-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1912 (age 85 years, 336
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Cotton, Aylett Rains, Jr.
(1874-1965) —
also known as Aylett R. Cotton —
of Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in De Witt, Clinton
County, Iowa, December
29, 1874.
Republican. Superior court judge in California, 1947-50; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956,
1960.
Died in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., April
15, 1965 (age 90 years, 107
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Cotton, Charles Camp —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
chair
of Gloucester County Democratic Party, 1945; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly District 3-A, 1967.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Charles E. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Cotton, Charles Henry
(1845-1938) —
also known as Charles H. Cotton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
New
York state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1899-1902,
1905; defeated, 1902.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
15, 1938 (age about 92
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Cotton. |
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Cotton, Delos J. —
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1900 (28th District), 1910 (31st
District).
Burial location unknown.
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See
Ellison
DuRant Smith |
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Cotton, F. R. —
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1868.
Burial location unknown.
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Flora See Flora
Cotton Etter |
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Cotton, George A. —
of Depew, Erie
County, N.Y.
Postmaster at Depew,
N.Y., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, George B. —
of Bankston, Fayette
County, Ala.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, George H. —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Postmaster at Elmira,
N.Y., 1897.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Giles (born
c.1814) —
of Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in South Carolina, about 1814.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1871.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, H. B. —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Hamilton H. —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Clemente, Orange
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1924,
1932,
1936;
delegate
to California convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Harold B. —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1920, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Harris Y. —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly District 3-A, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Harry See J. Harry
Cotton |
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Harry See Mrs. J. Harry
Cotton |
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Cotton, Hattie E. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1916.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Henry G. —
of Steuben
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1837.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Homer S. —
of Cedar Hill, Jefferson
County, Mo.
Republican. Candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives from Jefferson County, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1938.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, J. Harry —
Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Mrs. J. Harry —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1956.
Female.
Still living as of 1956.
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Cotton, J. M. —
Democrat. Delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Texas,
1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Jacqueline M. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
U.S. Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1974; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Still living as of 1976.
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Cotton, James —
of Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Weatherford, Tex., 1978-80.
Still living as of 1980.
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Cotton, James M.
(1807-1874) —
of Indiana.
Born near Indian Creek, Switzerland
County, Ind., June 24,
1807.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-39; defeated, 1835, 1851.
Died in Mt. Sterling, Switzerland
County, Ind., March
12, 1874 (age 66 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, James V. —
of Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md.
Mayor
of Frostburg, Md., 2002-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Cotton, John —
of Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1807.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, John H. —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, John M. —
of Ainsworth, Brown
County, Neb.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nebraska, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Joseph B. —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 54, 1893-94; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904,
1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Joseph Russell (b.
1890) —
also known as Joseph R. Cotton —
of Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
16, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Eighth Middlesex District,
1923-24; member of Massachusetts
state senate Seventh Middlesex District, 1927-36.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Norris H.
(1900-1989) —
also known as Norris Cotton —
of Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Warren, Grafton
County, N.H., May 11,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1923, 1943-45; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1945; secretary
to U.S. Sen. George
H. Moses, 1924-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1944
(alternate), 1952;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1947-54; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74, 1975.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, from cancer,
in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., February
24, 1989 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at School
Street Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
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Cotton, Osellus B. —
of Granby, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Granby, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Ralph (1786-1828) —
of Switzerland
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, January
17, 1786.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1817-19, 1823-24.
Died in Switzerland
County, Ind., 1828
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Cotton
Family Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Ind.
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Cotton, S. R. —
of Wisconsin.
Circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1855-61.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, S. Storrs —
of Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.; Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1871-72.
Burial location unknown.
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Storrs See S. Storrs
Cotton |
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Cotton, T. W. —
of Van Buren, Carter
County, Mo.
Democrat. Chair of
Carter County Democratic Party, 1943.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Thomas Bryant (b.
1977) —
also known as Tom Cotton —
of Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark.
Born in Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark., May 13,
1977.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 2013-15; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 2015-.
Still living as of 2018.
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See Thomas Bryant Cotton |
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Cotton, William
(1776-1839) —
of Switzerland
County, Ind.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., March
13, 1776.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1819-22, 1825-28; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-32.
Died in Mt. Sterling, Switzerland
County, Ind., July 2,
1839 (age 63 years, 111
days).
Interment at Cotton
Family Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Ind.
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Cotton, William A. (b.
1863) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Saranac, Ionia
County, Mich., November
30, 1863.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1907-11; appointed 1907; resigned 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, William D. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, William J. —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1925-26;
defeated, 1934, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, William O. —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cotton, Wilma S. —
of Bloomfield Township, Oakland
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for supervisor
of Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Cotton, Wilson H. —
Progressive. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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