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Angell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#692.34.60">John James Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#870.49.06">Katharine Cooke Blow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#970.97.01">Andrew Stevenson Bogue</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christenson-christianson.html#693.67.52">Clarence Carr Christian Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#306.99.94">Joseph Harrison Cooper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#270.85.84">Maurice Edgar Crumpacker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#357.18.94">Gould Cooke Dietz</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#708.13.86">Armistead Mason Dobie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#778.67.28">Charles Swinburne Fayerweather</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall7.html#622.31.43">Philo Hall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#117.51.44">Paula Cooke Harshaw</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicks.html#136.20.33">Marshall Hicks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html#893.43.94">Paul S. Hudgins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#123.27.66">Roger Kent</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ohare-oke.html#343.98.37">W. Cooke Oille</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#516.94.17">Joseph Silliman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spalding.html#284.31.20">Charles Cooke Spalding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/theaker-thom.html#551.43.22">Frank Gordon Theis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#610.56.28">Andrew Jackson Waterman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#122.31.53">Robert Charles Wickliffe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright1.html#168.72.71">Asahel Johnson Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#147.74.00">Ira Yale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#659.65.39">Irmah Cooke Zampty</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="037.23.40">Cooke, A. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/norfolk.html">Mayor of Norfolk, Va.</a>, 1892-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.47.43">Cooke, A. C.</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/KS.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="417.11.98">Cooke, A. D.</a> — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 9th District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.35.39">Cooke, A. Wayland</a> — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/greensboro.html#2">Greensboro, N.C.</a>, 1916-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.34.35">Cooke, Abel</a> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wallingford, 1821. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.79.10">Cooke, Arthur Bledsoe</a> (b. 1869) — also known as Arthur B. Cooke — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C.; Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Meltons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LU-born.html">Louisa County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/06-15.html">June 15, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-consuls.html ">Patras</a>, 1910-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-consuls.html ">Swansea</a>, 1919-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Plymouth</a>, 1926-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Washington Cooke and Sallie Farrar (Anderson) Cooke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/09-26.html">September 26, 1899</a>, to Stella Viola Crider.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="863.54.64">Cooke, Atwater, Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1831, 1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Atwater See <a href="#118.45.46">J. Atwater Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="190.58.77">Cooke, Bates</a> (1787-1841) — of Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/12-23.html">December 23, 1787</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 30th District, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1839-41. Died in Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-31.html">May 31, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 159 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-buried.html#cms02824">Oak Wood Cemetery</a>, Lewiston, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000729">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402851">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="143.08.34">Cooke, Benaiah</a> (c.1800-1852) — of Keene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Born about 1800. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 9th District, 1844-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/08-08.html">August 8, 1852</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="505.62.63">Cooke, C. A.</a> — of Elizabeth City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PA-lived.html">Pasquotank County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Pasquotank County, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="414.80.12">Cooke, Caleb</a> — of Massachusetts. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MZ-consuls.html ">Lourenco Marques</a>, 1865-84. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="626.56.28">Cooke, Caswell, Jr.</a> — of Westerly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/RI.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.22.59">Cooke, Charles H.</a> — of Alstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncn8.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Alstead; elected 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="241.54.77">Cooke, Charles M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 7th District, 1874-75; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Franklin County, 1879-82, 1889-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of North Carolina</a>, 1895-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Chris See <a href="#979.34.05">Christopher R. Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="979.34.05">Cooke, Christopher R.</a> — also known as Chris Cooke — of Alaska. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/AK.html">2000</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="058.17.30">Cooke, Clarence Hyde</a> (1876-1944) — also known as Clarence H. Cooke — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-born.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-17.html">April 17, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; president or vice-president of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">plantation</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">sugar</a> companies; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/trhs.html">Hawaii territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1912-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/thspkr.html">Speaker of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives</a>, 1923-24, 1927-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/HI.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/08-23.html">August 23, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-buried.html#cms04506">Kawaiaho Church Cemetery</a>, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles M. Cooke and Anna Charlotte (Rice) Cooke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/08-11.html">August 11, 1898</a>, to Lily Love.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24411113">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="187.48.64">Cooke, Colleen A.</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/PA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="914.11.76">Cooke, Diane F.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, E. N. See <a href="#704.12.53">Edwin Nathinal Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="740.47.72">Cooke, Edmund Francis</a> (1885-1967) — also known as Edmund F. Cooke — of Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-born.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-13.html">April 13, 1885</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 7th District, 1923-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 41st District, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Died in Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/05-13.html">May 13, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms02942">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Alden, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000730">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402852">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="023.43.80">Cooke, Edmund Vance</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="816.83.00">Cooke, Edward B.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html#2">Warden (borough president) of Waterbury, Connecticut</a>, 1852-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="360.74.65">Cooke, Edward Dean</a> (1849-1897) — also known as Edward D. Cooke — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Cascade, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-17.html">October 17, 1849</a>. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 6th District, 1895-97; died in office 1897. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/06-24.html">June 24, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00293">Rosehill Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000731">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402853">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/270/57.24.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Edward F. Cooke"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.57.24">Cooke, Edward Francis</a> (1923-2002) — also known as Edward F. Cooke — of Oakmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/index.html">1923</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 18th District, 1962; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/oakmont.html">mayor of Oakmont, Pa.</a>, 1966-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-officials.html">Allegheny County Treasurer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">renal failure</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hospice.html">hospice</a> at Catonsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-died.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/08-12.html">August 12, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html#cms06669">St. James Catholic Cemetery</a>, Haverhill, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peter Joseph Cooke and Norah Ann (Regan) Cooke; married to Dorothy Cleary.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/205673278">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Pittsburgh Press, December 27, 1967</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="704.12.53">Cooke, Edwin Nathinal</a> (1810-1879) — also known as E. N. Cooke — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Born in Adams, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/02-26.html">February 26, 1810</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trea.html">Oregon state treasurer</a>, 1862-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/salem.html">mayor of Salem, Ore.</a>, 1862. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/05-06.html">May 6, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms05167">Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Salem, Ore. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="832.25.01">Cooke, Eleutheros</a> (1787-1864) — of Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Ohio. Born in Granville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/12-25.html">December 25, 1787</a>. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 14th District, 1831-33. Died in Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/12-27.html">December 27, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 2 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of Jay Cooke (1821-1905; Civil War financier) and <a href="#131.08.43">Henry David Cooke</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="#744.79.13">Jay Cooke (1897-1963)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0474.html">Cooke family</a> of Ohio and Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000732">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402854">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="936.68.39">Cooke, Erastus</a> (1818-1885) — of Saugerties, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y.; Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y.; Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Laurens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-born.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/09-03.html">September 3, 1818</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 2nd District, 1880; defeated, 1861 (3rd District); appointed 1880; defeated, 1880 (2nd District). Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/06-20.html">June 20, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-buried.html#cms01073">Wiltwyck Cemetery</a>, Kingston, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Holden Cooke and Ruth (Joslyn) Cooke; married to Lucretia Root 'Lucie' Gates.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11465250">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.63.20">Cooke, Frank B.</a> — of Oneonta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-parties.html">Chair of Otsego County Democratic Party</a>, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="153.86.92">Cooke, Frank C.</a> — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/norwalk.html">Mayor of Norwalk, Conn.</a>, 1961-65. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="321.36.15">Cooke, Frank Patton</a> (b. 1921) — of Gastonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GA-lived.html">Gaston County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-17.html">January 17, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 26th District, 1955-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-pi.html">Sigma Pi</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="586.77.74">Cooke, George A. B.</a> — of Three Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SJ-lived.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/threerivers.html#2">Three Rivers, Mich.</a>, 1890-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.05.61">Cooke, George Anderson</a> (b. 1869) — also known as George A. Cooke — of Aledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in New Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-03.html">July 3, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott4.html#958.44.91">Guy C. Scott</a>, 1896-1900; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 33rd District, 1902-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1909-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1913-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/IL.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Cooke and Vanceline (Downing) Cooke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-20.html">October 20, 1896</a>, to Sarah Blee.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="278.49.48">Cooke, George W.</a> — of Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MA.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="473.87.54">Cooke, George W.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 39th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="508.91.64">Cooke, George Whitney</a> (b. 1856) — of Bowman's Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, Pa.; Johnson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Tenn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-03.html">October 3, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1891. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms01464">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Suitland, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Emma Florence Clark.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="554.01.28">Cooke, Hadley V., Jr.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Glasgow</a>, as of 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.65.95">Cooke, Harry E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Jackson County, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="705.42.34">Cooke, Harry G.</a> — of Branford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Branford, 1937-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="457.11.75">Cooke, Hedley V., Jr.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-consuls.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Iskenderun</a>, as of 1943. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="131.08.43">Cooke, Henry David</a> (1825-1881) — also known as Henry D. Cooke — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/11-23.html">November 23, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of the District of Columbia</a>, 1871-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DC.html">Republican National Committee from District of Columbia</a>, 1872-. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/02-24.html">February 24, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00803">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#832.25.01">Eleutheros Cooke</a>; brother of Jay Cooke (1821-1905; Civil War financier); great-granduncle of <a href="#744.79.13">Jay Cooke (1897-1963)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0474.html">Cooke family</a> of Ohio and Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry D. Cooke">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="631.09.85">Cooke, Henry E.</a> — U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PM-consuls.html ">Aspinwall</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="526.92.78">Cooke, Henry Kemper</a> (1866-1935) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-20.html">March 20, 1866</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Horry County, 1932-35; died in office 1935. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/07-16.html">July 16, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-buried.html# ">Galivants Ferry Baptist Church Cemetery</a>, Galivants Ferry, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Cooke and Catherine (Ayers) Cooke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38279366">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="798.14.67">Cooke, Herb</a> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/covington.html">mayor of Covington, Ky.</a>, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.45.46">Cooke, J. Atwater</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County 1st District, 1851. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.47.72">Cooke, J. B.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/TN.html">1880</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="677.16.46">Cooke, J. B.</a> — of California. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.85.84">Cooke, J. W.</a> — of Lake Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EC-lived.html">East Carroll Parish</a>, La.; New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/LA.html">1880</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/LA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/LA.html">1916</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.62.55">Cooke, James</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.33.96">Cooke, James E.</a> — of Morris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OG-lived.html">Otsego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Otsego County 2nd District, 1875. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="744.79.13">Cooke, Jay</a> (1897-1963) — of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Blue Bell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-02.html">April 2, 1897</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">bond broker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/07-10.html">July 10, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-buried.html#cms04981">St. Paul's Church Cemetery</a>, Elkins Park, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jay Cooke III and Nina L. (Benson) Cooke; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-24.html">April 24, 1924</a>, to Mary F. Glendinning; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/07-25.html">July 25, 1956</a>, to Hannah M. Durham; father of Mary Ellen Cooke (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#908.89.01">Hallett C. Johnson</a>); great-grandson of Jay Cooke (1821-1905; Civil War financier); great-grandnephew of <a href="#131.08.43">Henry David Cooke</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="#832.25.01">Eleutheros Cooke</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0474.html">Cooke family</a> of Ohio and Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19348367">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="110.99.52">Cooke, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1866. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.06.91">Cooke, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 8th District, 1866. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="740.02.13">Cooke, John F.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.04.80">Cooke, John H.</a> (b. 1911) — of Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-29.html">June 29, 1911</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1951-62 (51st District 1951-54, 57th District 1955-62); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1962-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="421.58.84">Cooke, John K.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-lived.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/portsmouth.html#2">Portsmouth, Va.</a>, 1854-61, 1861-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="124.79.57">Cooke, John Michael</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 7th District, 1934; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 21st District, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="848.97.62">Cooke, John S.</a> — of New Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newfairfield.html">first selectman of New Fairfield, Connecticut</a>, 1989. Still living as of 1989. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="743.79.43">Cooke, John Warren</a> — of Mathews, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MT-lived.html">Mathews County</a>, Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1942-77 (Gloucester & Mathews counties 1942-43, Gloucester, Mathews & Middlesex counties 1944-65, Gloucester, Mathews, New Kent, Charles City & Middlesex counties 1966-71, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, King and Queen, King William & Essex counties 1972-77); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/VA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.40.64">Cooke, Joseph</a> — of Waynesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/waynesburg.html#3">Waynesburg, Pa.</a>, 1865-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tzNAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/862/24.80.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Joseph A. Cooke"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="862.24.80">Cooke, Joseph A.</a> (1866-1936) — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/02-11.html">February 11, 1866</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/meriden.html">mayor of Meriden, Conn.</a>, 1916-17. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>. Died in Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/01-22.html">January 22, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 345 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms01993">Sacred Heart Cemetery</a>, Meriden, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/08-06.html">August 6, 1903</a>, to Josephine Stanford.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18253483">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Meriden Municipal Register 1916</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="544.05.31">Cooke, Joseph Platt</a> (1730-1816) — also known as Joseph P. Cooke; Joseph Platt Cook — of Connecticut. Born in Stratford (part now in Bridgeport), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/01-04.html">January 4, 1730</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; probate judge in Connecticut, 1776-1813; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1776, 1778, 1780-82, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut</a>, 1770, 1784-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1784-1802. Died in Danbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/02-03.html">February 3, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms05014">North Main Street Cemetery</a>, Danbury, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000733">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402855">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Platt Cooke">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Katharine Rowland See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#870.49.06">Katharine Cooke Blow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="069.66.57">Cooke, L. W.</a> — of Parker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 6th District, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="790.56.51">Cooke, Lawrence H.</a> (1914-2000) — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-15.html">October 15, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge of New York Court of Appeals</a>, 1974. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/08-17.html">August 17, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 307 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-buried.html#cms02974">Rock Ridge Cemetery</a>, Monticello, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="513.30.23">Cooke, Lee</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/austin.html">Mayor of Austin, Tex.</a>, 1988-91. Still living as of 1991. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="202.58.82">Cooke, Lorrin Alamson</a> (1831-1902) — also known as Lorrin A. Cooke — of Colebrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn.; Winsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New Marlborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/04-06.html">April 6, 1831</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 18th District, 1882-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1885-87, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/CT.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1897-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Winsted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/08-12.html">August 12, 1902</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms08120">Center Cemetery</a>, Colebrook, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Levi Cooke and Amelia (Todd) Cooke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/">1858</a> to Matilda E. Webster; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Josephine Ward.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lorrin-alamson-cooke/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23926525">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="193.14.43">Cooke, Louis P.</a> (1811-1849) — of Texas. Born in Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/index.html">1811</a>. Colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1838-39, 1841-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rsnav.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1839-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Charged</a> in 1843 with the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a> of Captain Mark Lewis; at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">trial</a>, the jury deadlocked, and he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">escaped</a> before a second trial could be held. Wounded in an Indian raid on Corpus Christi in 1844 and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost an eye</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Brownsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-died.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/index.html">1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">about 38 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms04667">somewhere</a> in New Orleans, La. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="523.64.18">Cooke, Lytle O.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WB-lived.html">Wabasha County</a>, Minn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 3, 1901-02; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 3rd District, 1903-14. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11794">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="504.43.82">Cooke, Marcia G.</a> (b. 1954) — Born in Sumter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/index.html">1954</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 2004-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3053&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cooke-marcia-g.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="571.63.57">Cooke, Marcus E.</a> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/wallingford.html#2">First selectman of Wallingford, Connecticut</a>, 1904-11. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="886.88.37">Cooke, Marina</a> — of Powell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/PA-lived.html">Park County</a>, Wyo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WY.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="394.84.17">Cooke, Martin</a> — of Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/hoboken.html">Mayor of Hoboken, N.J.</a>, 1912-15. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin Cooke %28mayor%29">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="272.60.52">Cooke, Marvel</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="245.95.82">Cooke, Mary</a> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IN.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="281.31.40">Cooke, Mary H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County 1st District, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="484.63.98">Cooke, Maurice E.</a> — of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/carthage.html#2">Carthage, N.Y.</a>, 1947. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.60.20">Cooke, Merritt T.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Norfolk city, 1908-11. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="875.95.34">Cooke, Nicholas</a> (c.1717-c.1782) — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born about 1717. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1775-78. Died about 1782 (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nicholas-cooke/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="586.22.94">Cooke, Oscar O.</a> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LV-lived.html">Livingston County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/chillicothe.html">Mayor of Chillicothe, Mo.</a>, 1947-49. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Pam S. See <a href="#234.77.10">Pamela S. Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="234.77.10">Cooke, Pamela S.</a> — also known as Pam S. Cooke — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="409.59.60">Cooke, Philander</a> — of Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/wallingford.html#2">First selectman of Wallingford, Connecticut</a>, 1956-57. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Pitt See <a href="#450.14.79">T. Pitt Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="650.34.64">Cooke, R. D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/norfolk.html">Mayor of Norfolk, Va.</a>, 1946-49. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="625.63.47">Cooke, Richard F.</a> — of Torrington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1930; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Torrington, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="993.51.62">Cooke, Richard T.</a> (b. 1913) — of Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Alden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/07-05.html">July 5, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 57th District, 1963-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="350.94.31">Cooke, Robert</a> (b. 1821) — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/shreveport.html">Mayor of Shreveport, La.</a>, 1850-51. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="281.31.99">Cooke, Samuel E.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.62.66">Cooke, Samuel J.</a> — of New York. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/NY.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="760.49.06">Cooke, Selden L.</a> — of Maysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from DeKalb County, 1941-42. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.ci.kent.wa.us/mayor/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/442/33.06.jpg" width=70 height=127 border=0 alt="Suzette Cooke"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="442.33.06">Cooke, Suzette</a> — of Kent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/kent.html">mayor of Kent, Wash.</a>, 2006-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Kent</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="450.14.79">Cooke, T. Pitt</a> — of Sandusky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, Ohio. Born in Ohio. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/OHcc nSY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1891. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="261.40.73">Cooke, Thomas</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="880.19.34">Cooke, Thomas</a> — of East Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/eastorange.html">Mayor of East Orange, N.J.</a>, 1978-85. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="949.90.13">Cooke, Thomas Burrage</a> (1778-1853) — also known as Thomas B. Cooke — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/11-21.html">November 21, 1778</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1811-13; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1838-39. Died in Catskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/11-20.html">November 20, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-buried.html#cms00628">Village Cemetery</a>, Catskill, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000734">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402856">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="525.44.23">Cooke, Thomas H., Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> District 11-D, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="933.10.73">Cooke, Turhand K.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1841. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="489.91.25">Cooke, Walter E.</a> (b. 1910) — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/11-22.html">November 22, 1910</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 10th District, 1943-44, 1965; defeated, 1944; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 11th District, 1955-64. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cooke, Wayland See <a href="#686.35.39">A. Wayland Cooke</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="296.72.26">Cooke, Wilce L.</a> — of Benton Harbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 44th District, 1978; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bentonharbor.html">mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich.</a>, 1982, 2004-11; defeated, 2011. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="390.40.44">Cooke, William A.</a> — of Montville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Montville, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="172.19.04">Cooke, William Gordon</a> (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-born.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/03-26.html">March 26, 1808</a>. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1844-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rswrm.html">Texas Republic Secretary of War and Marine</a>, 1845-46; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Texas</a>, 1846-47; died in office 1847. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/tuberculosis.html">tuberculosis</a>, at Seguin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GD-died.html">Guadalupe County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-24.html">December 24, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 273 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GD-buried.html#cms04976">somewhere</a> in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#576.47.62">José Antonio Navarro</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11640.html">Navarro family</a> of San Antonio, Texas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CK.html">Cooke County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cooke <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Avenue</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-names.html">San Antonio, Texas</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="867.73.72">Cooke, William J.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.21.43">Cooke, William Mordecai</a> (1823-1863) — of Missouri. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pm-born.html">Portsmouth</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/12-11.html">December 11, 1823</a>. State court judge in Missouri, 1849; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Missouri in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-63; died in office 1863. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/pb-died.html">Petersburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-14.html">April 14, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 124 days</a>). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00518">Calvary Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="789.66.02">Cooke, William V.</a> — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 3rd District, 1903, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.79.90">Cooke, Wilson</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a> from Greenville County, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/SC.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/SC.html">1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="179.81.26">Cooke, Woodrow</a> — of Oceana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/WV.html">1972</a>. 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