Charles M. Cooke

For other people named Charles Cooke, see Charles Cooke (disambiguation).

Charles M. Cooke was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1881) and as North Carolina Secretary of State (1895–1897).

Cooke, a Democrat who had represented Franklin County in both houses of the state legislature, was appointed to the office of Secretary of State by Gov. Elias Carr in 1895 upon the death of Octavius Coke. He was defeated for election to a full term in 1896 by Populist Cyrus Thompson. In 1903, Cooke became a state superior court judge.

As of the 1860s, Cooke practiced law in Louisburg, North Carolina with future congressman and N.C. Supreme Court justice Joseph J. Davis.^[1]

Cooke also made an unsuccessful run for Congress in 1894, losing to William F. Strowd.

References

1. ^ Joseph J. Davis

• OurCampaigns.com biography
• North Carolina Manual of 1913

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