POLITICS

JOHN W Cox Jr, b. July 10, 1947 Wisconsin, U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1991-93.

INDIANA

J.P. Cox, treasurer of Owensville, IN 1894-1896 (From: A True Record of Marriages, Deaths, Accidents, Fires, Storms.....Indiana)

WILLIAM ELIJAH Cox, b. 1861 Dubois Co, IN, d. 1942 Huntingburg, IN. U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1907-19.

WILLIAM N Cox, h/o Grace McCord, b. ?, County Assessor of Parke Co, IN ("Kansas & Kansans: Volume 4")

KANSAS

WILLIAM EDGAR Cox, b. abt 1842 KY, d. June 8, 1902 KS, Justice of the Peace of Wellington, KS ("Kansas & Kansans: Volume 4")

KENTUCKY

LEANDER MARTIN Cox, b. May 7, 1812 Cumberland Co, VA, d. March 19, 1865 Flemingsburg, KY. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1843-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1853-57; defeated, 1857.

WILLIAM H Cox, b. 1856 Mason Co, KY, d. 1950. Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1907-11.

MASSACHUSETTS

CHANNING HARRIS Cox, b. 1879 Manchester, NH, d. Aug 20, 1968 prob. Mass. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1910-18; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1915-18; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-20; Governor of Massachusetts

CHARLES M Cox, one of the directors of the Melrose Highlands Improvement Association in 1897 (From: The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Mass)

HERBERT M Cox, one of the directors of the Young Men's Congress about 1900 (From: The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Mass)

LEMUEL Cox, committeeman of Malden Mass (From: The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Mass)

NEBRASKA

JAMES M Cox, b. 1849 Kendall Co, ILL, brother of Joshua below, founded the town of Hampton, Nebraska, and served in the Nebraska legislaure 3 terms Anne Sears

JOSHUA Cox, b. 1851 Kendall Co, ILL, brother of James M above, founded the town of Hampton, Nebraska, and served in the Nebraska legislatur for 2 terms from 1883-1885 Anne Sears

NEW JERSEY

JAMES Cox b. 1753 NJ, d. 1810 Freehold, NJ. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1809-10.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK HICKS Cocks, (brother of William Willets Cocks below), b. March 6, 1872 Westburg, Long Island, NY, unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the sixty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); was not a candidate for renominatin in 1922; declined a diplomatic postition to Uruguay, South America tendered by President Harding; was eastern director of the Republican National Committee campaign in 1924; appointed by President Coolidge with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister as a member of the commission to represent the US at the celebration of the Centennial of the Battle of Aracucho held at Lima, Peru, during Dec 1924; appointed Alien Property-Custodian April 10, 1925 and served until his death in Washington D.C. Dec 14, 1925 (From: Biographical Directory of the American Congress)

ISAAC NEWTON Cox b. 1846 NY, d. 1916 Ellenville, NY, U.S. Representative from New York, 1891-93.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN Cox, b. 1824 OH, d. 1889 NY. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1857-65; U.S. Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1873-85, 1887-89; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1885-86.

WILLIAM WILLETS Cocks, (brother of Frederick Hicks Cocks above), b. Old Westbury, Long Island, NY July 24, 1861, elected commissioner of highways of the town of North Hempstead in 1894; reelected in 1896 and again in 1898; served in the State senate 1901 and 1902; member of the State assembly in 1904; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908; elected as a Republican to the fifty-ninth, sixtieth, and sixty-first Congressess (march 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910; elected mayor of the village of Old Westbury, Long Island, NY in 1924 and served until his death May 24, 1932 (From: Biographical Directory of the American Congress)

NORTH CAROLINA

J. ELWOOD Cox, Candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1908.

WILLIAM RUFFIN Cox, b. 1831 NC, d. 1919 Raleigh, NC; General Army Northern Virginia, of Penelo, NC, Attorney- General, Judge of Superior Court, US Rep from NC 1881-1887; and Secretary of the United States Senate (From: Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 6)

OHIO

JACOB DOLSON Cox, b. Oct 27, 1828 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. d. Aug 4, 1900 Magnolia, Mass. Superintendant of schools Sept 1, 1851-1854 with a salary of $600.00/year; Member of Ohio State Senate 1859; Mass. State Senator, 1860-1861 from Mahoning Co, OH; General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Ohio 1866-1868; U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1869-1870; U.S. Rep from OH 1877-1879. (From: Historical Collections of Mahoning Valley, OH)

JAMES MIDDLETON Cox, b. March 31, 1870 OH, d. July 15, 1957 Dayton, OH. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1909-13; Governor of Ohio, 1913-15, 1917-21; candidate for President of the United States, 1920.

SAMUEL SULLIVAN Cox, b. 1824 OH, d. 1889 NY. U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1857-65; U.S. Representative from New York, 1869-73, 1873-85, 1887-89; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1885-86.

WILLIAM, Cox of Troy, Trumbull Co, OH, made trustee April 7, 1806

TENNESSEE

JOHN ISAAC Cox, b. Nov 23, 1855, d. Sept 5, 1946. Governor of Tennessee, 1905-07.

NICHOLAS NICHOLS Cox, b. 1837 TN, d. 1912 Franklin, TN. U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1891-1901.

TEXAS

FREDERICK BIRD SMITH Cocke, b. Feb 13, 1813; served on jury panel as Venireman for Kerr County, TX in July 1859; 1861-1863 served in 9th legislature in the Texas House of Representatives from Karnes County, TX

VIRGINIA

CHARLES Cocke, Senator from VA 1831-1835 and 1840-1843 (from: Reps of Albemarle Co, VA)

JAMES H Cox, Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861.

RICHARD H Cox, Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861.

SAMUEL Cox, appointed School Commisssioner in Grayson County, VA for the insuing year (Oct 17,1826)

WEST VIRGINIA

FRANK Cox, b. June 18, 1862. d. Sept 18, 1940. Judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1905-07.