1811 he was impeached by the Tennessee House of Representatives, and on October 10, 1812, at the end of his impeachment trial, he was convicted by the Tennessee Senate on one of the three articles of impeachment and thereby removed from office. Personal life and family Cocke engaged in a limited law practice, and spent more time on the frontier than he did in a law office. He was involved in exploration while in the company of Daniel Boone, traveling through much of what was to become eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee. His son, John Alexander Cocke, was a four-term U.S. Representative from Tennessee; his grandson, William Michael Cocke, was a two-term U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Later life and death Cocke was appointed a judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Tennessee in 1809. He later resigned this position and moved to Mississippi. There, he was elected to the state legislature in 1813. He briefly returned to military duty, serving under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War. In 1814, he was appointed by President James Madison to be an Indian agent to the Chickasaw nation. Cocke died in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, in 1828 and is buried there, in Friendship Cemetery. Legacy Cocke County, Tennessee is named in his honor. Notes External links |- |- 1748 births 1828 deaths People from Amelia County, Virginia Virginia colonial people People from the State of Franklin American people of English descent Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Tennessee Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives United States Indian agents Virginia lawyers American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law American slave owners People of the Creek War Burials in Mississippi United States senators who owned slaves Impeached United States judges removed from office by state or territorial governments