 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam COCKE
(1748-1828)
Senate Years of Service:
1796-1797; 1799-1805Party: Democratic Republican;
Democratic RepublicanCOCKE, William, (father of
John Cocke and grandfather of William Michael Cocke), a Senator
from Tennessee; born in Amelia County, Va., in 1748; pursued
preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and
practiced; in company with Daniel Boone explored the territory of
eastern Tennessee and western Kentucky; successfully led four
companies of Virginians against hostile Indians in 1776 in
Tennessee; member, Virginia house of burgesses and a colonel of
militia; moved to Tennessee in 1776; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1796; upon the admission of Tennessee
as a State into the Union was elected to the United States Senate
and served from August 2, 1796, to March 3, 1797; was appointed his
own successor, as there had been no election by the legislature,
and served under this appointment from April 22, 1797, to September
26, 1797, when a successor was elected; again elected to the United
States Senate as a Democratic Republican and served from March 4,
1799, to March 3, 1805; appointed judge of the first circuit in
1809; moved to Mississippi, and was elected to the Mississippi
legislature in 1813; served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of
1812; was appointed by President James Madison as Indian agent for
the Chickasaw Nation in 1814; died in Columbus, Miss., on August
22, 1828 and interred in that city.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Williams, Samuel C. “The Admission of
Tennessee into the Union.” Tennessee Historical
Quarterly 4 (December 1945): 291-319.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
