James Wright Cook
Full Name: James Wright Cook
Birth date: September 15, 1837
Death date: Deceased, date unknown
Birth date: September 15, 1837
Death date: Deceased, date unknown
Terms of Service
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House,
21st
(1)
(2)
(3)
Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Unaffiliated
(2) Name of post office changed from Mooresville to Mooreville in 1892. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) J.M. Cook, Marlin, Democrat. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Footnote states: "Quite a number of the members who are marked democrats were elected as independents." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
- J.W. Cook, post office Mooresville, farmer and stock raiser. House Journal .
Photographs
- Photograph. J.W. Cook, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- James W. Cook, postoffice Mooresville, nativity South Carolina, age 51, farmer and stock raise, 6 years in Texas, Independent. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
- James Wright Cook, Independent, farmer, age 51 in 1889, born in South Carolina. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
- Biographical sketch, James Wright Cook, pp. 246-247. Born 9/15/1837 in Lawrence County, South Carolina, married Sallie E. Mathis in 1860, moved from Arkansas to Texas in 1884. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- Confederate States Army, Lieutenant, in "ex-Governor Hughes' company, Colonel Johnson's regiment." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- "The following ticket was nominated: J.W. Cook of Mooresville for the legislature . . . ," "Falls County Union Labor Party," The Galveston Daily News, 7/22/1888, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .