Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Rogers Cocke

Full Name: James Rogers Cocke
Birth date: March 27, 1838
Death date: January 26, 1919

Terms of Service

House, 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Populist
House, 23rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Populist

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Rancho post office closed in 1911. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.R. Cocke, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Cocke, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.R. Cocke, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Texas State Troops, Private, Company A, Frontier Regiment, Col. J.M. Norris commanding; commanding officer Captain Thomas Rabb. J.R. Cocke, enlistment date 1/13/1862 in Karnes County, muster date 1/23/1862 at Helena. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
James Richard Cocke, birth date 3/27/1837 in Tennessee; death date 1/26/1919 in Nixon, Gonzales County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
James Rogers Cocke, birth date 3/27/1838, death date 1/26/1919, burial in Rancho Cemetery, Nixon, Gonzales County, with wife Grace Elizabeth Cocke. Find a Grave .
COCKE, JAMES ROGERS (1838–1919). Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas State Troops, 2nd Lieutenant, Helena Guards. Confederate States Army, Private, 36th Texas Cavalry Regiment under Col. Peter C. Woods. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch of the Cocke family. 4th col., "My grandfather, Frederick Bird Cocke was the first of our name to enter Texas (and that on horseback) in 1852 . . . During the Civil War, five of their sons, including my father, William G. Cocke, served in the Confederacy; one of them, James, was a lieutenant (and during the nineties was a member of the Texas Legislature). Two of them, Jack and Fred, became captains; and still later lawyers in San Antonio . . . After his retirement to Hays County, Fred also served in the Texas Legislature."
Relatives: Frederick Bird Smith Cocke - father; James Cocke and Fred Cocke - sons.
James Cocke and Fred Cocke - uncles, William A. Cocke - nephew.
Frederick Bird Smith Cocke - grandfather, William A. Cocke - grandson.
"Centennial Information . . . Early Settlers: Some recollections concerning the Ridley and Cocke Families, pioneer Kerr County settlers," by William A. Cocke, 3/15/1956, p. 11. Kerrville Mountain Sun .
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant. "Centennial Information . . . Early Settlers: Some recollections concerning the Ridley and Cocke Families, pioneer Kerr County settlers," by William A. Cocke, 3/15/1956, p. 11. Kerrville Mountain Sun .
Death notice, "J.R. Cocke Sr. Dies at Nixon," San Antonio Express, 1/27/1919, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Relatives: James Rogers Cocke, birth date 3/28/1838 in Grainger County, Tennessee, death date 1/27/1919 in Gonzales County, Texas, son of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke.
Frederick Bird Smith Cocke, Jr., birth date 11/17/1839 in Grainger County, Tennessee, death date 9/7/1912 in Hays County, Texas, son of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke.
William Alexander Cocke, born 9/24/1874 in Nueces County, Texas, died in Arkansas, son of William Gabriel Cocke (1842-1935), grandson of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke (1913-1903).
Message board posting, Descendants of Frederick Bird Smith Cocke. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
23rd Legislature (1893) - J.R. Cocke, postoffice Rancho, nativity Tennessee, age 55 (born circa 1838), farmer. Texas Legislative Manual .
James Rogers Cocke, pp. 297, 306. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.