William Mordecai Cooke Sr.
Introduction '''William Mordecai Cooke Sr.''' (December 11, 1823 – April 14, 1863) was a prominent Confederate politician.
Biography William Mordecai Cooke was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 11, 1823.He earned a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1843, and later moved to Missouri, where he briefly served as a judge.He married Elise von Phul in St. Louis on November 17, 1846, and they had seven children.He represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861 to 1862, and in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1863.He died in office, in Petersburg, Virginia on April 14, 1863.
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