William Mordecai Cooke Sr.

William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (December 11, 1823 – April 14, 1863) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician.

William Mordecai Cooke Sr.
Member of the First Confederate Congress for Missouri
In office
1862 – April 14, 1863
Member of the Provisional Confederate Congress for Missouri
In office
1861–1862
Personal details
Born(1823-12-11)December 11, 1823
Portsmouth, Virginia
DiedApril 14, 1863(1863-04-14) (aged 39)
Petersburg, Virginia
Spouse
Elise von Phul
(m. 1846)
Children7
EducationUniversity of Virginia School of Law
OccupationJurist, politician

Biography

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Cooke was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on December 11, 1823 He earned a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1843 and later moved to Missouri, where he was briefly a judge. He married Elise von Phul in St. Louis on November 17, 1846, and they had seven children..[1]

He represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861 to 1862, and in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1863. He died in office, in Petersburg, Virginia, on April 14, 1863.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cooke, William Mordecai". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVI. James T. White & Company. 1918. p. 302.
  2. ^ "William Mordecai Cooke". The Political Graveyard.