William Hopkinson Cox

William Hopkinson Cox (born October 22, 1856 in Maysville , Kentucky , † October 13, 1950 in Mason County , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1911 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Kentucky.

Career

William Cox attended private schools and then worked with his brother and father in the family haberdashery business. After their father's death in 1885, the brothers continued to run the business until they sold it in 1904. Cox also got into the banking business and was President of the State National Bank in Maysville from 1889 to 1901 . In the meantime he was also director of an energy supply company. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . He became a member of the Maysville borough council and was temporarily its chairman. In 1893 he became mayor of this place. In 1888, he turned down the proposed nomination as a candidate for the US House of Representatives . In June 1892 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , at which President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election, which was then unsuccessful. Between 1902 and 1906, Cox served in the Kentucky Senate . In 1906 he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the US Senate .

In 1907, Cox was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky at the side of Augustus E. Willson . He held this office between 1907 and 1911. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor, William Cox was no longer politically active. He died on October 13, 1950, shortly before his 94th birthday.

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SURNAME	Cox, William Hopkinson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maysville , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 1950
Place of death	Mason County , Kentucky