George W. Cook

George W. Cook

George Washington Cook (born November 10, 1851 in Bedford , Lawrence County , Indiana , † December 18, 1916 in Pueblo , Colorado ) was an American politician.

Cook ran away from home at the age of eleven and joined the 15th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army . There he served as a drummer. He was later transferred to the 145th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served as Chief Regimental Clerk . After the end of the Civil War , Cook attended Bedford Academy and studied at Indiana University in Bloomington . In 1880 he moved to Chicago and worked on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway . That same year, Cook moved to Leadville inState of Colorado where he became department head of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad . Cook was mayor of the city from 1885 to 1887. In 1888 he finally moved to Denver, where he worked for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. worked. From 1893 he worked in mining.

Cook was elected as a Republican in the 60th Congress and represented there from March 4, 1907 to March 3, 1909 the state of Colorado in the House of Representatives of the United States . In 1908 he was not available for renewed nomination. Instead, Cook turned back to mining in Colorado after his tenure ended. He died in Pueblo in 1916 and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

Web links

• George W. Cook in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)