Samuel A. Cook

Samuel A. Cook

Samuel Andrew Cook (born January 28, 1849 in Ontario , Canada , †  April 4, 1918 in Neenah , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1856, Samuel Cook came with his parents to Calumet County in Wisconsin, where he attended public schools. During the civil war he served in the Union army . He was temporarily under the command of George Armstrong Custer . After the war, Cook lived on a farm in Calumet County until 1872. That year he moved to Marathon County , where he worked as a businessman. In 1881 he settled in Neenah, Winnebago County . There he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In 1889 Cook was elected Mayor of Neenah. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1891 and 1892 . In 1892 he also took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , at which US President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election. In the congressional election of 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Owen A. Wells on March 4, 1895 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1896, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1897 .

In the years 1897 and 1907 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . In 1915 and 1916, Cook headed the Wisconsin section of the Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Association . Professionally, he worked in paper production during these years. In this industry, he brought it to the President of Alexandria Paper Company , in Alexandria ( Indiana resident was). Samuel Cook died in Neenah on April 4, 1918.

Web links

• Samuel A. Cook in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel A. Cook in the database of Find a Grave (English)