Merrill Cook
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| Merrill Cook | |
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| In office 1997 - 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Enid Greene |
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| Succeeded by | Jim Matheson |
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| Born | May 6, 1946 Philadelphia, Penn. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Camille Cook, a well respected local opera singer. |
Merill Cook (born May 6, 1946) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.
Cook, a Latter-day Saint[1] was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1969 and Harvard Business School in 1971. He was elected to Congress in 1996 and represented Utah's 2nd district from January 3, 1997 until January 3, 2001. In 2000, he was defeated in a bitter Republican primary by challenger Derek Smith, who went on to lose the election by a wide margin to Democrat Jim Matheson, who holds the seat today. In 2004, Cook ran as an Independent for Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah. Cook received 6% of the vote in a the three-way race won by Democrat Peter Corroon.
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.... also just so you know, he lost most of that weight.
