Daniel Pope Cook

Daniel Pope Cook ( 1794 Scott County, Kentucky, † October 16, 1827 ) was an American politician. Between 1819 and 1827 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Cook was the nephew of Congressman Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) and son of Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), U.S. Senator for Illinois and Governor of that State was. He attended the common schools. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1815 to work in Kaskaskia in the Illinois territory in this profession. He also became involved in the newspaper industry. In 1816, he was a financial auditor in its territory ( Auditor of Public Accounts ). After that, he worked for some time as a judge. After the founding of the State of Illinois Cook was the first Attorney General. This office he held from March to October 1819. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1818 Cook was in the state-wide electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John McLean on March 4, 1819. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1827 four legislative sessions. There he was at times a member of the Committee on public land and in the Committee on Ways and Means In the 1820s, Cook was a follower of the faction around President John Quincy Adams, he also assisted in the case decided by the Congress presidential election of 1824. In the House, he was able to acquire the land for the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

In 1826, Daniel Cook was not re-elected. He has always suffered from his poor health and died on 16 October 1827 in Kentucky. The Cook County, Illinois, which also includes large parts of the city of Chicago, was named after him.