Gustave Cook
Full Name: Gustave CookOther surnames: Cooke
Date of birth: July 3, 1834
Date of death: July 27, 1897
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 14 | Mar 22, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th (1) (2) | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris, Montgomery |
(1) Resolution adopted in contested election case of Gustave Cook, et al. v. Richard Allen, et al., 3/20/1873, p. 407; special order resumed, resolutions and majority report adopted, 3/21/1873, pp. 411-413; E.T. Schmidt and Gustave Cook sworn 3/22/1873, p. 414. House Journal. March 20, 1873 March 21, 1873 March 22, 1873
(2) Gustave Cook, sworn 3/22/1873, unseated Richard Allen in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 14
Mar 22, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Houston / Harris Counties in district: Harris, Montgomery |
(1) Resolution adopted in contested election case of Gustave Cook, et al. v. Richard Allen, et al., 3/20/1873, p. 407; special order resumed, resolutions and majority report adopted, 3/21/1873, pp. 411-413; E.T. Schmidt and Gustave Cook sworn 3/22/1873, p. 414. House Journal. March 20, 1873 March 21, 1873 March 22, 1873
(2) Gustave Cook, sworn 3/22/1873, unseated Richard Allen in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Colonel Gustave Cook, pp. 438-440. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- Biographical sketch, Gustave Cook, pp. 106-11; description of a homicide case during Cook's time as a judge, pp. 238-240. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
- COOK, GUSTAVE (1835-1897). Birth date 7/3/1835, moved to San Marcos 1892, death 1897. Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Company HFS, 8th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Terry's) (1st Rangers) (8th Rangers). Gustave Cook, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Company H, 8th Regiment Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Gustave Cook, birth date 7/3/1834, death date 7/27/1897, burial in San Marcos Cemetery, Hays County. Find a Grave.
- 8th Confederate Cavalry, Terry's Texas Rangers. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Gustave Cook. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 24, 113-114, Plate No. 45. Gustave Cooke, birth date 7/3/1835. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Death date 7/22/1897 in widow's Confederate pension application. Gustave Cook, widow Mrs. Eliza Cook, marriage date 7/13/1853. Pension File No. 01891, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Photographs
- Photograph. Gustave Cook, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Gustave Cook, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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