Cornelius Cole

Cornelius Cole ( born September 17, 1822 in Lodi, Seneca County, New York, † November 3, 1924 in Hollywood, California ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of California in both chambers of Congress.

After he had first attended the Hobart College in Geneva, Cornelius Cole graduated in 1847 from Wesleyan University in Middletown (Connecticut). It was followed by a law degree, after which he was admitted in 1848 in Auburn in the Bar Association. Already in the following year he moved to California, where he worked for some time in the gold mines, before he worked as a lawyer in San Francisco from 1850. In 1851 he moved to Sacramento. Between 1859 and 1862 he was district attorney of Sacramento County.

In March 1856 Cole belonged together with Leland Stanford and Collis P. Huntington, one of the founders of the Republican Party in California. He wrote the manifesto of the party and served as its secretary; he also became a member of the Republican National Committee, a position he held until 1860. Later that year, he called together with James McClatchy newspaper Daily Times California to life, but ceased their appearance after a few months. During the Civil War he held the rank of Captain in the Union Army. March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865, he was then for a term of deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives; on March 4, 1867, he returned to his election as senator back in the Congress. After six years, he retired again from the Senate.

As a result, Cole worked again as a lawyer, said he and his oldest son ran a law firm together. Shortly before his 100th birthday on 27 June 1922 he held a five -minute speech before Congress. At this time he was already the oldest living former U.S. Senator. Cornelius Cole died at the age of 102 years in Los Angeles. No other senator reached an advanced age.

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