Randolph County IL Archives Biographies.....Cook, Daniel Pope 1795 - 1827 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000719 August 9, 2008, 10:43 am Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary COOK, Daniel Pope, representative, was born in Scott county, Ky., in 1795. He practised law in Kaskaskia, Ill., 1815-16, and was editor of the Illinois Intelligencer in 1816, the only paper then published in the territory. He removed to Edwardsville and was the first attorney-general of the state, serving from March 15 to Oct. 15, 1819, and was subsequently judge of the western circuit. He was the representative from Illinois in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th congresses, 1819-27, and first introduced in the state the custom of stump speaking in his canvass of 1818. In the 19th congress he was acting chairman of the committee on ways and means. He was married to Julia Catherine, daughter of Ninian Edwards. Cook county was named in his honor in 1831. He died in Scott county, Ky., Oct. 16, 1827. Additional Comments: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/randolph/bios/cook1485gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb