George W. Cook
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George Washington Cook was a U.S. Representative
from Colorado
.
, at the age of eleven Cook ran away from home and enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army
and served as a drummer boy.
He was transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as chief regimental clerk.
At the close of the Civil War
, he attended the public schools, Bedford Academy, and Indiana University.
He moved to Chicago in 1880 and entered the employ of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway. Cook moved to Leadville, Colorado
, in 1880 and became division superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and served as mayor of Leadville from 1885 to 1887.
He moved to Denver in 1888 and became general sales agent for the Colorado Fuel &. Iron Co.
and became department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
for Colorado and Wyoming in 1891 and 1892.
He became an independent mining operator in 1893 and became Senior vice commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1905 and 1906. He also Organized and commanded the Cook Drum Corps, of Denver
.
Cook was elected as a Republican
to the Sixtieth
Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1908.
He returned to Colorado and resumed mining operations, dying in Pueblo, Colorado
, December 18, 1916. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery
in Denver.
United States House of Representatives
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from Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
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Biography
Born in Bedford, IndianaBedford, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,768 people, 6,054 households, and 3,644 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,157.1 people per square mile . There were 6,618 housing units at an average density of 556.2 per square mile...
, at the age of eleven Cook ran away from home and enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
and served as a drummer boy.
He was transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as chief regimental clerk.
At the close of the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, he attended the public schools, Bedford Academy, and Indiana University.
He moved to Chicago in 1880 and entered the employ of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway. Cook moved to Leadville, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado
Leadville is a Statutory City that is the county seat of, and the only municipality in, Lake County, Colorado, United States. Situated at an elevation of , Leadville is the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States...
, in 1880 and became division superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and served as mayor of Leadville from 1885 to 1887.
He moved to Denver in 1888 and became general sales agent for the Colorado Fuel &. Iron Co.
and became department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died...
for Colorado and Wyoming in 1891 and 1892.
He became an independent mining operator in 1893 and became Senior vice commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1905 and 1906. He also Organized and commanded the Cook Drum Corps, of Denver
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
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Cook was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Sixtieth
60th United States Congress
The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of...
Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1908.
He returned to Colorado and resumed mining operations, dying in Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States....
, December 18, 1916. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)
Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado was founded in 1890 and is Denver's second oldest operating cemetery after Riverside Cemetery. It was designed by German landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze...
in Denver.