William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (December 11, 1823 – April 14, 1863) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician.
William Mordecai Cooke Sr. | |
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| Member of the First Confederate Congress for Missouri | |
| In office 1862 – April 14, 1863 | |
| Member of the Provisional Confederate Congress for Missouri | |
| In office 1861–1862 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 11, 1823 Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Died | April 14, 1863 (aged 39) Petersburg, Virginia |
| Spouse |
Elise von Phul (m. 1846) |
| Children | 7 |
| Education | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Occupation | Jurist, politician |
Biography
editCooke was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on December 11, 1823 He earned a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1843 and later moved to Missouri, where he was briefly a judge. He married Elise von Phul in St. Louis on November 17, 1846, and they had seven children..[1]
He represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861 to 1862, and in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1863. He died in office, in Petersburg, Virginia, on April 14, 1863.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Cooke, William Mordecai". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVI. James T. White & Company. 1918. p. 302.
- ^ "William Mordecai Cooke". The Political Graveyard.
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