Daniel Pope Cook

Daniel Pope Cook
From Volume 1 (1889) of Illinois, Historical and Statistical
Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois Territory
In office
1816-1817
Preceded byH.H. Maxwell
Succeeded byRobert Blackwell
Illinois Attorney General
In office
1819
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam Mears
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large congressional district
In office
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1827
Preceded byJohn McLean
Succeeded byJoseph Duncan
Personal details
Born1794 (1794)
Scott County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedOctober 16, 1827(1827-10-16) (aged 32–33)
Scott County, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeOak Ridge Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic-Republican (until 1826)
National Republican (after 1826)
Spouse(s)
Julia Catherine Edwards
(m. 1821)
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer, newspaper publisher
Signature

Daniel Pope Cook (1794 – October 16, 1827) was a politician, lawyer and newspaper publisher. He was an anti-slavery activist. He was the state's first attorney general, and then congressman. Cook County, Illinois, is named after him.[1]

Cook died on October 16, 1827, at the age of 32 in Scott County, Kentucky.[2]

  1. Cook, Daniel Pope - Biographical Information
  2. Ben Gelman: Illinois' Daniel Pope Cook packed a lifetime into 33 years

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