Leander Martin Cox (May 7, 1812 – March 19, 1865) was aU.S. Representative fromKentucky.
Born inCumberland County, Virginia, Cox completed academic studies.He studied law.He wasadmitted to the bar and practiced.He moved toFlemingsburg, Kentucky.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1843–1845.He served as captain in the Third Kentucky Volunteers in the Mexican War in 1847.
Cox was elected as aWhig to theThirty-third Congress and as a candidate of the American Party to theThirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to theThirty-fifth Congress.He resumed the practice of law.He died inFlemingsburg, Kentucky, March 19, 1865.He was interred in Fleming County Cemetery.
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