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  Cockrell, Francis M.
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NameFrancis M. Cockrell
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Warrensburg, Missouri , United States
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Born October 01, 1834
DiedDecember 13, 1915 (81 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Aug 03, 2015 10:20pm
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InfoFrancis Marion Cockrell
(brother of Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell), a Senator from Missouri; born in Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo., October 1, 1834; attended the common schools; graduated from Chapel Hill College, Lafayette County, Mo., in July 1853; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Warrensburg, Mo.; served in the Confederate Army as captain, brigade commander, and brigadier general; captured at Fort Blakeley, Ala., in April 1865 and paroled in May 1865; at the close of the Civil War resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1874; reelected four times and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1905; chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Engrossed Bills (Fifty-first through Fifty-eighth Congresses, except for Fifty-third), Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-third Congress); appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission 1905-1910; appointed in 1911 a United States commissioner to reestablish the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico; civilian member of the board of ordnance in the War Department, which position he held until his death in Washington, D.C., December 13, 1915; interment in Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.

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Son Ewing Cockrell 1874-1962
Father Joseph Cockrell 0000-
Brother Jeremiah V. Cockrell 1832-1915

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  03/18/1905 MO US Senate Lost 47.43% (-4.57%)
  07/09/1904 US President - D Convention Lost 4.11% (-62.39%)
  01/10/1899 MO US Senate Won 62.80% (+25.61%)
  01/10/1893 MO US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/18/1887 MO US Senate Won 64.91% (+30.99%)
  01/10/1881 MO US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/19/1875 MO US Senate Won 78.62% (+60.38%)
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