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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Joseph COCHRAN
(1880-1947)
COCHRAN, John Joseph, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., August 11, 1880; attended the public schools; employed
in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for
several years; assistant to the election commissioners of St. Louis
1911-1913; secretary to Representative William L. Igoe 1913-1917,
1918-1921; private secretary to United States Senator William J.
Stone and clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United
States Senate in 1917 and 1918; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1921 at St. Louis, Mo., but did not engage in extensive
practice; secretary to Representative Harry B. Hawes 1921-1926;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry B. Hawes and at the same
time was elected to the Seventieth Congress; reelected to the
Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses; did
not seek renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate
for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator;
subsequently was nominated by convention and elected to the
Seventy-fourth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the
four succeeding Congresses; served from November 2, 1926, to
January 3, 1947; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive
Departments (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses),
Committee on Accounts (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth
Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the
Eightieth Congress; died in St. Louis, Mo., March 6, 1947;
interment in Calvary Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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