Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827)

Birthplace

 Scott County, Ky.  

Occupation

 Lawyer
Congressional Service House 1819-27 (R, NR-Illinois)

Newspapers
Kaskaskia Western Intelligencer, 1816-18

Federal appointments
Territorial auditor of public accounts, 1816-17
Dispatch bearer, sent to London to call John Quincy Adams home to be Secretary of State
Clerk of territorial legislature, 1817-18
Territorial printer
Territorial judge, 1818
Diplomatic mission to Cuba, 1827

Other offices
First state attorney general of Illinois, 1818

Notes
Major promoter of Illinois statehood
Credited by some sources with keeping slavery out of the Illinois state constitution
Admirer of J.Q. Adams who gave Illinois's vote to Adams in the 1825 presidential vote in Congress against the wishes of many constituents; defeated for re-election in 1826 because of this vote
Namesake for Chicago's Cook County
Links
Detailed bio page from Cook County website

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