George W. Cook

George Washington Cook ( born November 10, 1851 in Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, † December 18, 1916 in Pueblo, Colorado ) was an American politician.

Cook was at the age of eleven years away from home and joined the 15th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army at. There he served as a drummer. Later was transferred to the 145th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as Chief Regimental Clerk. After the end of the Civil War Cook visited the Bedford Academy and studied at Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1880 he moved to Chicago and worked at the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway. In the same year moved Cook to Leadville, Colorado and was dortiger head of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. 1885-1887 Cook held the office of mayor of the city. In 1888 he finally moved to Denver, where he worked for the Colorado Fuel & Co. Iron. From 1893 he was engaged in mining.

Cook was elected as a Republican to the 60th Congress and represented there on 4 March 1907 to 3 March 1909, Colorado House of Representatives of the United States. In 1908, he did not stand for re- nomination available. Instead, Cook dedicated the end of his period of office of the mining industry in Colorado. In 1916, he died in Pueblo and was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.