Samuel E. Cook

Samuel Ellis Cook ( born September 30, 1860, Huntington County, Indiana, † February 22, 1946 in Huntington, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Cook attended the public schools in Whitley County, Columbia City and in Ada (Ohio ). He then worked as a teacher and in agriculture. After studying law at Valparaiso University and his 1888 was admitted as a lawyer in Huntington Cook began to work in this profession. Between 1892 and 1894 he was a prosecutor in Huntington County; 1906 to 1918, he served as a judge on the 55th Judicial District of Indiana.

Politically, Cook joined the Democratic Party. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated on the William Jennings Bryan as their presidential candidate. Between 1896 and 1900 he was editor of his party related newspaper " Huntington News - Democrat ." In the congressional elections of 1922, Cook was in the eleventh electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Milton Kraus on March 4, 1923. Since he has not been confirmed in 1924, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1925.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Samuel Cook again practiced as a lawyer in Huntington. He is also passed on 22 February 1946.

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