Bates Cooke
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Bates Cooke (December 23, 1787 Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut - May 31, 1841 Lewiston, Niagara County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.
[edit] Life
He was the son of Captain Lemuel Cooke who had fought in the Revolutionary War. Bates and his brother Lathrop participated in the War of 1812.
Bates Cooke was Supervisor of the Town of Cambria, New York in 1814. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1815 and commenced practice in Lewiston.
He was elected as an Anti-Mason to the 22nd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.
Bates and Lathrop Cooke were partners of the Lewiston Railroad Company, which connected with the Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad in 1835.
He was New York State Comptroller from 1839 to 1841. He was a bank commissioner from May 14, 1840, until his death.
He was buried at the Oak Wood Cemetery in Lewiston.
[edit] Sources
- Bates Cooke at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 34 and 39; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [1] Political Graveyard
- [2] An episode from the Revolutionary War, in NYT on April 8, 1883
- [3] Lewiston history
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Azariah Cutting Flagg |
New York State Comptroller 1839 – 1841 |
Succeeded by John A. Collier |
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