Samuel A. Cook

Samuel Andrew Cook (January 28, 1849 - April 4, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Ontario, Canada, Cook moved with his parents to Calumet County, Wisconsin, in 1856.He attended the common schools in Fond du Lac and Calumet Counties. Enlisted as a private in Company A, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, under General Custer, and served until the end of the Civil War.He lived on a farm in Calumet County until 1872, when he located in Marathon County and engaged in business.He moved to Neenah, Winnebago County, in 1881.

Cook was elected mayor of Neenah in 1889.He served as member of the State assembly in 1891 and 1892.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892.

Cook was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897).He declined renomination in 1896.He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1897 and again in 1907. Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Department of Wisconsin in 1915 and 1916.He became a manufacturer of print paper at Menasha, Wisconsin, with residence in Neenah, Wisconsin.He served as president of the Alexandria Paper Company at Alexandria, Indiana.He died in Neenah, Wisconsin, on April 4, 1918.He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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