Joel Cook

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Joel Cook

| image name = Joel Cook.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1842|03|20}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1910|12|15|1842|03|20}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| resting_place = Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| state = Pennsylvania

| district = 2nd

| term_start = November 5, 1907

| term_end = December 15, 1910

| preceded = John E. Reyburn

| succeeded = William S. Reyburn

| party = Republican

}}

Joel Cook (March 20, 1842{{spaced ndash}}December 15, 1910) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1907 to 1910.

Biography

Joel Cook was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central High School in 1859. He studied law with William B. Reed and at the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite book |title=Joel Cook (Late a Representative from Pennsylvania) Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States |date=1911 |location=Washington |page=10 |url=https://archive.org/details/joelcooklaterepr02unit/page/10/mode/2up |access-date=10 December 2020}} He was admitted to the bar in 1863.{{cite web |title=COOK, Joel |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/11352 |website=www.history.house.gov |access-date=7 December 2020}}

He practiced law for a few years but left the profession to become a journalist. During the American Civil War, Cook was a correspondent in Washington, D.C., and with the Army of the Potomac for the Philadelphia Press. He was on the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Public Ledger from 1865 to 1882, and the financial editor from 1883 to 1907. He also worked as the chief American correspondent for the London Times.

He was president of the board of wardens for the port of Philadelphia (1891–1907). He also served as president of the board of trade and of the Vessel Owners and Captains’ Association and as member of the Union League of Philadelphia.{{cite book |last1=Leigh |first1=O.H. |title=Chronicle of the Union League of Philadelphia 1862 to 1902 |date=1902 |location=Philadelphia |page=414 |isbn=9781149960431 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOjtAgAAQBAJ&q=joel+cook+union+league&pg=PA414 |access-date=9 December 2020}}

In 1895, Cook was elected to the American Philosophical Society.{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Joel+Cook&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}

File:Joel Cook tombstone.jpg]]

He was elected to Congress as a Republican to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John E. Reyburn. He was reelected to the 61st United States Congress and served from 1907 until his death in Philadelphia. He was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.{{cite web |title=Joel Cook |url=https://remembermyjourney.com/memorials/joel-cook?id=apVVGL2p |website=remembermyjourney.com |publisher=webCemeteries |access-date=18 December 2024}}

Legacy

The Cook-Wissahickon School in Philadelphia is named in his honor.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://cookwissahickon.philasd.org/about-us/ |website=www.cookwissahickon.philasd.org |access-date=9 December 2020}}

Bibliography

[https://books.google.com/books?id=73bRAAAAMAAJ&q=joel+cook England, Picturesque and Descriptive], Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, 1882
[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-BCAAAAIAAJ&q=joel+cook A Holiday Tour in Europe], Philadelphia, David McKay, Publisher, 1889
[https://books.google.com/books?id=OMgTAAAAYAAJ&q=joel+cook An Eastern Tour at Home], Philadelphia, David McKay, Publisher, 1889
[https://books.google.com/books?id=mscTAAAAYAAJ&q=joel+cook America, Picturesque and Descriptive - Volume 1], Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1900
[https://books.google.com/books?id=RZspAAAAYAAJ&q=joel+cook The Philadelphia National Bank - A Century's Record 1803-1903], Philadelphia, Wm.F. Fell Company, 1903
[https://books.google.com/books?id=2eFXAAAAYAAJ&q=joel+cook Switzerland, Picturesque and Descriptive], Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1904
[https://books.google.com/books?id=jr5PAAAAYAAJ&q=joel+cook America and Her Insular Possessions - Volume 2], Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co., 1906
[https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ4zAQAAMAAJ&q=joel+cook Eastern Countries], Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co., 1910

Citations

Sources

{{CongBio|C000718}} Retrieved on 2009-04-25

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html The Political Graveyard]

External links

{{Gutenberg author | id=34171| name=Joel Cook}}
{{Internet Archive author |sname=Joel Cook |sopt=t}}
[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t35144m8m;view=1up;seq=5 Joel Cook, late a representative from Pennsylvania, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1911]

{{US House succession box

| state=Pennsylvania

| district=2

| before=John E. Reyburn

| after=William S. Reyburn

| years=1907–1910}}

{{Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania}}

Category:1842 births

Category:1910 deaths

Category:19th-century American journalists

Category:19th-century American lawyers

Category:19th-century American male writers