William E. Cox

William E. Cox

William Elijah Cox (born September 6, 1861 in Birdseye , Dubois County , Indiana , †  March 11, 1942 in Jasper , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1919 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cox attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1888 at Lebanon University in Tennessee . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1889, he began to work in Rockport in this profession. Cox later relocated his home and practice to Jasper. Between 1892 and 1898 he served as the district attorney in Indiana’s Eleventh Judicial District.

Politically, Cox was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1906 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William T. Zenor on March 4, 1907 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. From 1911 to 1913, Cox chaired the Treasury Department's Expenditure Control Committee.

In 1918, Cox was not re-elected. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. He was also a board member and later president of a company that manufactured desks. William Cox died in Jasper on March 11, 1942.

Web links

• William E. Cox in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William E. Cox in the database of Find a Grave (English)