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:''For other people with the same name, see [[John Cook]].''
'''John Calhoun Cook''' ([[December 26]], [[1846]] – [[June 7]], [[1920]]) was a [[19th century|nineteenth century]] politician, lawyer and judge from [[Iowa]].
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Born in [[Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio|Seneca, Ohio]], Cook attended common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867, commencing practice in [[Newton, Iowa]]. He was judge of the sixth judicial district of [[Iowa]] in 1878 and successfully contested the election of [[Marsena E. Cutts]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1883, serving only that year. Cook was elected back to the House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in 1883, serving again until 1885. Afterwards, he resumed practicing law in [[Newton, Iowa]] and later moved to [[Webster City, Iowa]] where he became attorney for a railroad company. He died in [[Algona, Iowa]] on [[June 7]], [[1920]] and was interned in Riverview Cemetery in Algona.
==External links==
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18735531 John C. Cook] at [[Find A Grave]]
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[[Category:1846 births|Cook, John C.]]
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