Philip Cook

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(July 30, 1817 — May 24, 1894) Philip Cook was an American politician and lawyer. Cook was born in Twiggs County, Georgia in 1817. He graduated from Oglethorpe University and studied law at University of Virginia. Cook was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Forsyth, Georgia. He served in the State Senate in 1859 and 1860, before joining the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he served again in the State Senate in 1863 and 1864. Cook was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000724]

Member of Georgia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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