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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaZadock COOK
(1769-1863)
COOK, Zadock, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Virginia February 18, 1769;
moved to Hancock County, Ga., in early life, and was one of the
first settlers in Clark County; self-educated; ensign in the
Washington County Militia in 1793; captain of the Eleventh Company,
Hancock County Militia, in 1796; member of the State house of
representatives in 1806, 1807, and again in 1822; served in the
State senate 1810-1814, 1823, and 1824; elected as a Republican to
the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Alfred Cuthbert; reelected to the Fifteenth Congress
and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1819; retired from
public life and settled on his plantation near Watkinsville, Ga.,
and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on August 3,
1863; interment in Jackson Cemetery, Clark (now Oconee) County,
Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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