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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinSamuel Andrew COOK
(1849-1918)
COOK, Samuel Andrew, a
Representative from Wisconsin; born in Ontario, Canada, January 28,
1849; moved with his parents to Calumet County, Wis., in 1856;
attended the common schools in Fond du Lac and Calumet Counties;
enlisted as a private in Company A, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, under
General Custer, and served until the end of the Civil War; lived on
a farm in Calumet County until 1872, when he located in Marathon
County and engaged in business; moved to Neenah, Winnebago County,
in 1881; elected mayor of Neenah in 1889; member of the State
assembly in 1891 and 1892; delegate to the Republican National
Convention at Minneapolis in 1892; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); declined
renomination in 1896; was an unsuccessful candidate for United
States Senator in 1897 and again in 1907; commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic for Department of Wisconsin in 1915 and 1916;
became a manufacturer of print paper at Menasha, Wis., with
residence in Neenah, Wis.; president of the Alexandria Paper
Company at Alexandria, Ind.; died in Neenah, Wis., on April 4,
1918; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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