William Mordecai Cooke Sr. Explained

William Mordecai Cooke Sr.
Birth Date:11 December 1823
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Virginia
Death Place:Petersburg, Virginia
Occupation:Jurist, politician
Children:7
Education:University of Virginia School of Law
Office1:Member of the First Confederate Congress for Missouri
Term Start1:1862
Term End1:April 14, 1863
Office2:Member of the Provisional Confederate Congress for Missouri
Term Start2:1861
Term End2:1862

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

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Cooke, William Mordecai . The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . XVI . James T. White & Company . 302 . 1918.
  2. Web site: William Mordecai Cooke. The Political Graveyard.