Cornelius Cole

Cornelius Cole

Cornelius Cole (born September 17, 1822 in Lodi , Seneca County , New York , †  November 3, 1924 in Hollywood , California ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of California in both chambers of Congress .

After he first the Hobart College in Geneva had attended, graduated Cornelius Cole in 1847 at Wesleyan University in Middletown ( Connecticut ). This was followed by a law degree, after which he was admitted to the Auburn Bar in 1848 . In the following year he moved to California, where he initially worked in the gold mines for some time before he worked as a lawyer in San Francisco from 1850 . In 1851 he moved to Sacramento . Between 1859 and 1862 he was District Attorney for Sacramento County .

In March 1856, Cole was one of the founders of the Republican Party in California, along with Leland Stanford and Collis P. Huntington . He drafted the party's manifesto and acted as its secretary; he also became a member of the Republican National Committee , which he remained until 1860. Later that year he co-founded the Daily California Times with James McClatchy , but it stopped being published after a few months. During the Civil War he held the rank of captain in the Union Army . From March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865 he was a member of the US House of Representatives for one term ; on March 4, 1867, he returned to Congress after being elected Senator . After six years, he left the Senate.

As a result, Cole worked again as a lawyer, where he ran a law firm with his eldest son. Shortly before his 100th birthday, on June 27, 1922, he gave a five-minute speech to Congress. At this point he was the oldest living former US senator. Cornelius Cole died in Los Angeles at the age of 102 . No other senator reached old age.

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• Cornelius Cole in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

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