Nicholas Cooke

Nicholas Cooke ( born February 3, 1717 Providence, Rhode Iceland, † September 14, 1782 ) was an American politician.

Life

Nicholas Cooke was born the son of Daniel Cooke and his wife, Mary Power and grew up in prosperity. So his parents owned as well as he lands, not only in Rhode Iceland, but also in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Also, Cooke earned as a producer ( he ran a distillation) and Reeder 's livelihood, and spent several years as a captain at sea. In September 1740 he married; his wife's name is again indicated in some places with Hannah Labin, on the other with Mary Sabin. However Secured holds that he was the father of twelve children.

1752 Cooke was elected as an assistant in the House of Representatives of Rhode Iceland, and was six times, until 1759 re-elected in a row. In May 1768 - at a time in Rhode Iceland still no governor, but colonial administrators introduced - Cooke was elected to the office of vice manager, an office which was later adapted into that of the Lieutenant Governor. Cooke held this position until May in 1769. Six years later, in May, 1775, Cooke was re-elected to the same office, but practiced only six months to November of 1775.

After Rhode Iceland had ratified his Unabhängigkeitersklärung in autumn 1775, Cooke was elected in November 1775 in the office of governor, and served until May 1778., Since at that time had formed no parties were both he, and his two successors parteilos. He renounced a second term.

Parallel to his work as a politician he held from 1766 to his death in the office of the Treasurer of Brown University from. After his death, they buried Cooke first on his estate until his Providence in a grave of honor was erected in honor of 1844, and the remains were exhumed and transferred there.