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Description:Chapters: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Warren Cooke (February 28, 1915 November 28, 2009) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 19421979 and was its Speaker from 1968 until his retirement. Cooke was born in Mathews, Virginia, to Giles Buckner Cooke and Katharine Grosh. His father, an Episcopal minister, had been a major in the Confederate States Army, serving on the personal staff of Robert E. Lee. Attending both public and private schools, Cooke graduated from Lee-Jackson High School in Mathews. He spent one year at the Virginia Military Institute, then went to work for the Mathews County government, serving as clerk of the county school board, among other tasks. Cooke married Anne Brown Rawn of Huntington, West Virginia on May 10, 1947. They had a son and a daughter. Cooke was president of Tidewater Newspapers, Inc. in Gloucester, Virginia and publisher of the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal newspaper from 1954 until March 2009. Cooke was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1941, representing Mathews and Gloucester Counties on the Middle Peninsula. In 1944, Middlesex County was added to the district. That same year, he became secretary of the House Democratic caucus. Cooke was an alternate delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention. He became Democratic caucus leader in 1950 and majority floor leader in 1956. In 1965, Charles City and New Kent Counties on the Virginia Peninsula were added to the district. Cooke was elected House Speaker on January 10, 1968, replacing the retiring E. Blackburn Moore. That year he co-sponsored the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. In 1971...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2052569We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Mathews County, Virginia: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page. To get started finding People from Mathews County, Virginia: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Warren Cooke (February 28, 1915 November 28, 2009) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 19421979 and was its Speaker from 1968 until his retirement. Cooke was born in Mathews, Virginia, to Giles Buckner Cooke and Katharine Grosh. His father, an Episcopal minister, had been a major in the Confederate States Army, serving on the personal staff of Robert E. Lee. Attending both public and private schools, Cooke graduated from Lee-Jackson High School in Mathews. He spent one year at the Virginia Military Institute, then went to work for the Mathews County government, serving as clerk of the county school board, among other tasks. Cooke married Anne Brown Rawn of Huntington, West Virginia on May 10, 1947. They had a son and a daughter. Cooke was president of Tidewater Newspapers, Inc. in Gloucester, Virginia and publisher of the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal newspaper from 1954 until March 2009. Cooke was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1941, representing Mathews and Gloucester Counties on the Middle Peninsula. In 1944, Middlesex County was added to the district. That same year, he became secretary of the House Democratic caucus. Cooke was an alternate delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention. He became Democratic caucus leader in 1950 and majority floor leader in 1956. In 1965, Charles City and New Kent Counties on the Virginia Peninsula were added to the district. Cooke was elected House Speaker on January 10, 1968, replacing the retiring E. Blackburn Moore. That year he co-sponsored the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. In 1971...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2052569We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Mathews County, Virginia: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page. To get started finding People from Mathews County, Virginia: John Warren Cooke, James Henry Lane, Elliott M. Braxton, Robert Page, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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