Aaron V. S. Cochrane

Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (March 14, 1858 - September 7, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick.

Born in Coxsackie, New York, Cochrane attended the common schools and the Hudson River Institute at Claverack, New York.He was graduated from Yale College in 1879.He moved to Hudson, New York, in 1879.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Hudson, New York. City judge of Hudson in 1887 and 1888.He served as district attorney of Columbia County 1889-1892.

Cochrane was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 but was elected associate justice of the supreme court of New York in 1901.He was reelected in 1915 for the term ending in 1928, designated by Governor Miller presiding justice of the appellate division of the State supreme court in 1922.He retired from the bench in 1928 but served as official referee until 1941.He died in Hudson, New York, September 7, 1943.He was interred in Riverside Cemetery, Coxsackie, New York.

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