Samuel Ellis Cook (September 30, 1860 – February 22, 1946) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1923 to 1925.

Biography

Born on a farm in

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, Cook attended the common schools in Whitley County and the normal schools at

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, and Ada, Ohio. He taught school and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was graduated from the law department of

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, in 1888. He was

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the same year and commenced practice in

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. He served as prosecuting attorney for Huntington County 1892-1894. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896. Editorial writer for the Huntington News-Democrat 1896-1900. He served as judge of the Huntington circuit court for the fifty-sixth judicial district 1906-1918.

Congress

Cook was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in

, where he died February 22, 1946. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Samuel Ellis 1860 births 1946 deaths Valparaiso University alumni People from Huntington County, Indiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana People from Huntington, Indiana 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives