Eleutheros Cooke was a lawyer and U.S. representative from Ohio (1831–1833). His son, Jay Cooke

Jay Cooke

Jay Cooke was an American financier. Cooke and his firm Jay Cooke & Company were most notable for their role in financing the Union's war effort during the American Civil War...

, was a prominent railroad financier.

Cooke was born in Granville, New York

Granville, New York

Granville is a town on the eastern border of Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a law practice in Granville. He later moved to Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

 in 1817 and to Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....

 in 1819. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

 in 1822, 1823, and 1825. He was elected to represent Ohio's 14th congressional district

Ohio's 14th congressional district

The 14th congressional district of Ohio is currently represented by Representative Steven C. LaTourette. This district sits in the farthest northeast corner of the state, bordering Lake Erie and Pennsylvania....

 in the 22nd United States Congress

22nd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...

 in 1831 as an anti-Jacksonian

National Republican Party (United States)

The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...

 candidate.

See also

• Eleutheros Cooke House (410 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)
  Eleutheros Cooke House (410 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)
  The Eleutheros Cooke House at 410 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio is a Greek Revival style house that was built in 1827. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.-See also:...
  
  
• Eleutheros Cooke House (1415 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)
  Eleutheros Cooke House (1415 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)
  The Eleutheros Cooke House at 1415 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio is a Greek Revival style house that was built in 1844. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982....
  
  

External links

• COOKE, Eleutheros, (1787 - 1864) at congress.gov