John W. Cox, Jr.

John W. Cox, Jr. (* July 10, 1947 in Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin) is an American politician. Between 1991 and 1993 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Cox studied until 1969 at the University of Wisconsin- Platteville. In the years 1969 and 1970 he served in the U.S. Army. After a subsequent law degree from the John Marshall School of Law and his admission to the bar he began to work in this profession. From 1976 to 1984 he was a prosecutor in Jo Daviess County in Illinois. From 1984 to 1984 he worked as a prosecutor for the state government of Illinois. In the years 1985 and 1986 he taught at Loras College in Iowa. From 1989 to 1991 he served as city attorney of Galena.

Politically, Cox joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1990 he was in the 16th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Lynn Morley Martin on January 3, 1991. Since he has not been confirmed in 1992, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1993.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Cox practiced as a lawyer again. Today he is one of the vice presidents of the company Jo - Carroll Energy, Inc.