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  Cook, Samuel E.
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NameSamuel E. Cook
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Huntington, Indiana , United States
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Born September 30, 1860
DiedFebruary 22, 1946 (85 years)
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InfoCOOK, Samuel Ellis, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm in Huntington County, Ind., September 30, 1860; attended the common schools in Whitley County and the normal schools at Columbia City, Ind., and Ada, Ohio; taught school and engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso University, Indiana, in 1888; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntington, Ind.; prosecuting attorney for Huntington County 1892-1894; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; editorial writer for the Huntington News-Democrat 1896-1900; judge of the Huntington circuit court for the fifty-sixth judicial district 1906-1918; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Huntington, Ind., where he died February 22, 1946; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.


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  11/02/1926 IN District 11 Lost 45.76% (-8.48%)
  11/04/1924 IN District 11 Lost 45.04% (-8.99%)
  11/07/1922 IN District 11 Won 53.60% (+7.21%)
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