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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyCOX, Leander Martin
(1812—1865)
COX, Leander Martin, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Cumberland County, Va., May 7, 1812; completed academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky.; member of the State house of representatives 1843-1845; captain in the Third Kentucky Volunteers in the Mexican War in 1847; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Flemingsburg, Ky., March 19, 1865; interment in Fleming County Cemetery.
Hinds, Charles F., ed. “Mexican War Journal of Leander M. Cox.” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
55 (January 1957): 29-52; (July 1957): 213-36; 56 (January 1958): 47-70.
Cox, Leander M. Organization of the House
. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe
Office, 1855].
———. Speech of Hon. L. M. Cox, of Kentucky, delivered in the House of Representatives, July 26, 1856, in defence of the principles of the American party, and the approaching presidential election
. [Washington: American organ, 1856].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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