Cocke, William, 1747 or 1748-1828

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Personal name heading	Cocke, William, 1747 or 1748-1828 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	[1747, 1748]
Death date	1828-08-22
Place of birth	Amelia County (Va.)
Place of death	Columbus (Miss.)
Affiliation	Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses Tennessee. Constitutional Convention (1796) United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Judges
Found in	Roach, T.E. "Langley", Rutledge, Tenn., 1983: p. 7 (Gen. William Cocke; b. 1747) p. 15 (d. 8/22/1828) Cocke, V.W. Cockes and cousins, v. 2, 1974: p. 5 (William Cocke; b. 9/6/1747; d. 8/22/1828) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Cocke, William; senator; b. 1748; d. 8/22/1828) McBride, R.M. Biog. dir. of the Tenn. General Assembly, 1975 (Cocke, William; member U.S. Senate and Tenn. House; b. 1748 in Amelia County, Va.; d. 8/22/1828 at Columbus, Miss.) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, viewed on February 6, 2019 (Cocke, William, (father of John Cocke and grandfather of William Michael Cocke), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Amelia County, Va., in 1748; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; in company with Daniel Boone explored the territory of eastern Tennessee and western Kentucky; successfully led four companies of Virginians against hostile Indians in 1776 in Tennessee; member, Virginia house of burgesses and a colonel of militia; moved to Tennessee in 1776; member of the State constitutional convention in 1796; upon the admission of Tennessee as a State into the Union was elected to the United States Senate and served from August 2, 1796, to March 3, 1797; was appointed his own successor, as there had been no election by the legislature, and served under this appointment from April 22, 1797, to September 26, 1797, when a successor was elected; again elected to the United States Senate as a Democratic Republican and served from March 4, 1799, to March 3, 1805; appointed judge of the first circuit in 1809; moved to Mississippi, and was elected to the Mississippi legislature in 1813; served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812; was appointed by President James Madison as Indian agent for the Chickasaw Nation in 1814; died in Columbus, Miss., on August 22, 1828 and interred in that city)