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John Parsons Cook (August 31, 1817 – April 17, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Whig Party who represented
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in the
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from 1853 to 1855. Born in
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, in 1836 Cook moved with his father to what is now
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, which at the time was in
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and then in
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. After studying law, he was
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in 1842 and commenced practice in
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, then in
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. He served as member of the Iowa Territorial Council from 1842 to 1845. After Iowa was admitted to the Union in 1846, he served in the
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from 1848 to 1851. He relocated to Davenport in 1851 and continued the practice of law. In 1850, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to represent the Second District in the Thirty-second Congress, losing to Democrat
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. Two years later, he ran again and won, serving in the Thirty-third Congress from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854, when
James Thorington James Thorington (May 7, 1816 – June 13, 1887) was a frontiersman, lawyer, judge, and one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Biography Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Thorington moved with his parents to Mont ...
was the Whig nominee and the winner in the general election over the Democratic candidate, ex-Governor Stephen Hempstead. According to one account, "the Iowa Whigs shelved Mr. Cook because of his pro-slavery record."Olynthus B. Clark,
The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction
" p. 4 (Iowa City: Clio Press 1911). When the Whig party disappeared Cook became a Democrat.Benjamin F. Gue, " History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century," Vol. 4 (John P. Cook), pp. 59 (1902). He continued the practice of law and also engaged in banking in Davenport until his death there on April 17, 1872. He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.


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