R.V. Cook

Richard V. Cook

Full Name: Richard V. Cook
Date of birth: April 27, 1831
Date of death: August 20, 1877

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 22 Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2) (3) (4)     Columbus / Colorado   Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, Wharton

(1) 11th Legislature - Oath of office for Senators elected from Districts No. 22, 29, 30, and 15, 8/7/1866, p. 6. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Democrat in 1876 - Obituary in Colorado Citizen, 8/30/1877, p. 3, "The Democratic State Convention, held in Galveston, January, 1876, appointed him Elector for this Congressional District . . ." Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project.

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Senate District 22
Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3) (4)  
Home City/County: Columbus / Colorado
Counties in district: Colorado, Fayette, Matagorda, Wharton

(1) 11th Legislature - Oath of office for Senators elected from Districts No. 22, 29, 30, and 15, 8/7/1866, p. 6. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Democrat in 1876 - Obituary in Colorado Citizen, 8/30/1877, p. 3, "The Democratic State Convention, held in Galveston, January, 1876, appointed him Elector for this Congressional District . . ." Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: R.V. Cook, Columbus, Colorado County, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, age 34 in 1866 (born circa 1832). Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Eliza F. Cook, wife of R.V. Cook, burial in Moore Cemetery, Fayette County. Find a Grave.
  • "Colonel R.V. Cook, of Columbus, formerly State Senator from Colorado county," speaker at emancipation celebration in Columbus, Texas, 6/22/1867. "Pencilings of a Journey into Texas," 6/30/1867, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
  • Richard V. Cook, Esq., birth date 4/27/1831, death date 8/20/1877, husband of Eliza F. Moore, burial in Moore Cemetery, Fayette County.
    Obituaries, Richard V. Cook, Colorado Citizen, Thursday, 8/23/1877, p. 3 (died at 9 o'clock Monday night, August 20, interred in Moore Cemetery); and Colorado Citizen, 8/30/1877, p. 3. Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project. Moore Cemetery Obituaries

Photographs

  • Photograph. R.V. Cook, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

11th R.S. - 1866
Federal Relations (Chair) 
Judiciary  
Lunatic Asylum, Select (Chair) 
Penitentiary, Select  
Printing  

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