William Michael Cocke | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | William Tandy Senter |
| Succeeded by | Albert Galiton Watkins |
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| Born | (1815-07-16)July 16, 1815 Rutledge, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1896(1896-02-06) (aged 80) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Party | Whig |
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| Alma mater | East Tennessee College |
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William Michael Cocke (July 16, 1815 – February 6, 1896) was an American politician who represented Tennessee'ssecond district in theUnited States House of Representatives.
Cocke was born inRutledge, Tennessee on July 16, 1815. He pursued classical studies and graduated fromEast Tennessee College atKnoxville, Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to thebar, and practiced in Rutledge andNashville. Cocke wasClerk of Grainger CountyCircuit Court from 1840 to 1845. He served as a member of theTennessee House of Representatives.[1]
On January 15, 1835, he married his first cousin, Sarah Frances Cocke, daughter of Willis and Margaret E. Rogers Cocke. They had seven children. There were no children by his second marriage to Amanda Grigsby, nor his third to Noel.[2]
Cocke was elected as aWhig to theTwenty-ninth andThirtieth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849.[3] During the Thirtieth Congress, he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1848.
Elected to the State Senate, Cocke served from 1855 to 1857. Cocke served in the 31st General Assembly in the second session of 1855-1896, replacing Christopher Hitch, who had resigned; representing Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, and Grainger counties as a Democrat. His uncle, John Cocke, also served as a member of the Tennessee general Assembly. From 1859 to 1865, he resided in Asheville, North Carolina. in about 1872, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and from there to Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Cocke died in Nashville on February 6, 1896 (age 80 years, 205 days). He isinterred atMount Olivet Cemetery. He was the grandson ofWilliam Cocke and the nephew ofJohn Alexander Cocke.[4]
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