Biography

09/12/1859 - 08/26/1910

COOK, William John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 12, 1859 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; messenger, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1893-1895); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1903 term; elected, Republican State Convention (1903); reelected to the House to serve the 1905 and 1907 terms; died, August 26, 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.