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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCharles Fremont COCHRAN
(1846-1906)
COCHRAN, Charles Fremont,
a Representative from Missouri; born in Kirksville, Adair County,
Mo., September 27, 1846; moved to Atchison, Kans., in 1860;
attended public and private schools; apprenticed to the
printer’s trade; editor and publisher of the Atchison Patriot
in 1868 and 1869; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and
practiced until 1885; prosecuting attorney of Atchison County,
Kans., 1880-1884; returned to Missouri in 1885 and settled in St.
Joseph; engaged in the newspaper business and edited the St. Joseph
(Mo.) Gazette; served in the State senate 1890-1894; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905); was a contestant for renomination in
1904 but finally withdrew as a candidate; founded the Observer, a
weekly newspaper, of which he served as editor until his death in
St. Joseph, Mo., on December 19, 1906; interment in Mount Vernon
Cemetery, Atchison, Kans.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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