Daniel Pope Cook

Daniel Pope Cook (* 1794 in Scott County , Kentucky ; † October 16, 1827 there ) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1827 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Cook was the nephew of Congressman Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) and son-in-law of Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), who was the US Senator for Illinois and governor of that state. He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work from 1815 in Kaskaskia in the Illinois Territory in this profession. He was also involved in the newspaper industry. In 1816 he was a financial auditor in his territory ( Auditor of Public Accounts ). After that he worked as a judge for some time. After the establishment of the state of Illinois Cook became its first attorney general . He held this office between March and October 1819. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1818 Cook was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the state-wide constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded John McLean on March 4, 1819 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by March 3, 1827 . There he was temporarily a member of the Committee on Public Property and the Committee on Ways and Means.In the 1820s, Cook became a supporter of the faction around President John Quincy Adams , whom he also supported in the presidential election of 1824 , which was decided by Congress . In the House of Representatives, he managed to acquire the land for the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal .

In 1826, Daniel Cook was not re-elected. Always in poor health, he died in Kentucky on October 16, 1827. The Cook County in Illinois, which also includes large parts of the city of Chicago , was named after him.

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SURNAME	Cook, Daniel Pope
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Scott County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 1827
Place of death	Scott County , Kentucky