Biography

10/08/1777 - 02/27/1850

Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties (1818-1820, 1821-1822), Crawford and Venango Counties (1822-1823)

COCHRAN, James, a Representative from Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties; born, October 8, 1777 in Northumberland County, Pa.; colonel, 1^st Brigade, 16^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1812-1815, War of 1812); tavern owner; merchant; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Crawford County (1809, 1801); elected, auditor, Crawford County (1810, 1812); elected, commissioner, Crawford County (1814-1817); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819, 1819-1820, 1821-1822 and 1822-1823 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1820); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1823); trustee, Crawford County Academy (1824); appointed, prothonotary and clerk, Crawford County (1824-1829, 1833-1838); appointed, register and recorder, Crawford County (1825-1830); elected, burgess, Meadville (1829, 1836); elected, delegate, State Democratic Convention (1835); died, February 27, 1850 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.