William Michael Cocke

William Michael Cocke (born July 16, 1815 in Rutledge , Grainger County , Tennessee , †  February 6, 1896 in Nashville , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cocke was a grandson of the US Senator of the same name William Cocke (1747-1828) and a nephew of Congressman John Alexander Cocke (1772-1854). After a good primary education he studied at East Tennessee College in Knoxville . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Rutledge and Nashville in his new profession.

At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . Cocke became a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1844 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded William Tandy Senter on March 4, 1849 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . From 1847 Cocke chaired the committee that dealt with pensions for veterans of the American Revolution.

In 1848 Cocke decided not to run again. In the following decades he held various offices at the local and state levels. He died on February 6, 1896 in Nashville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William Michael Cocke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)