| LC control no. | no2015149773 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cohen, John S., 1870-1935 |
| Birth date | 1870-02-26 |
| Death date | 1935-05-13 |
| Place of birth | Augusta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Field of activity | Journalism Politics, Practical |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists Legislators |
| Found in | John S. Cohen certificate, 1932 April 25 finding aid, viewed November 6, 2015: (Cohen, John S., 1870-1935; A certificate documenting the official appointment of John S. Cohen as U.S. Senator on April 25, 1932, following the death of Senator William J. Harris) <http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL235JSC-ead.xml> New York Times, viewed November 9, 2015: June 2, 1892 (TALK WITH JOHN S. COHEN OF THE ATLANTA JOURNAL; Mr. John S. Cohen, news editor of the Atlanta Journal ...) <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CE4DD1538E233A25751C0A9609C94639ED7CF> Biographical directory of the United States Congresss, viewed November 6, 2015: (Cohen, John Sanford, (1870-1935); born, Augusta, Ga., February 26, 1870; attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1885 and 1886; newspaper reporter for the New York World in 1886; secretary to Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith 1893-1896; member of the press galleries of Congress 1893-1897; during the Spanish-American War served as a war correspondent for the Atlanta Journal; subsequently enlisted and served in the Third Georgia Volunteer Infantry, attaining the rank of major; member of the army of occupation in Cuba; president and editor of the Atlanta Journal 1917-1935; originator of the plan for the national highway from New York City to Jacksonville, Fla.; vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee 1932-1935; appointed on April 25, 1932, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William J. Harris and served from April 25, 1932, to January 11, 1933, when a successor was duly elected and qualified; was not a candidate in 1932 to fill the vacancy; continued in his former business activities until his death in Atlanta, Ga., May 13, 1935; interment in West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000597> |
| Associated language | eng |
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