James Rogers Cocke
Full Name: James Rogers Cocke
Birth date: March 27, 1838
Death date: January 26, 1919
Terms of Service
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House,
24th
(1)
(3)
(4)
Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Populist
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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,"
Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4)
Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature,"
Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2.
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
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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.
Committee Information
- 24th R.S. - 1895
- 23rd R.S. - 1893