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Jacob Dolson Cox

Held 5 offices on file, 1866-1879.

About Jacob Dolson Cox

Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).

Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) was born in Montreal, Canada, and is on record as Governor of Ohio (1866-1868), United States Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870), a United States representative for district 6 (1877-1879) and a member of the State Senate of Ohio.

Jacob Dolson Cox studied at Oberlin College. Jacob Dolson Cox's occupations on record: educator, lawyer and microbiologist. Jacob Dolson Cox served in the Union Army, reaching the rank of general, in the American Civil War. Jacob Dolson Cox died in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1900, aged 71, and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Ohio.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

YearsOfficePartyNotesSource
1866 to 1868 Governor of Ohio Followed Charles Anderson. Followed by Rutherford B. Hayes. wikidata.org
1869 to 1870 United States Secretary of the Interior Followed Orville Hickman Browning. Followed by Columbus Delano. wikidata.org
1877 to 1879 United States representative, district 6 Republican bioguide.congress.gov
dates not on file Interior minister wikidata.org
dates not on file Member of the State Senate of Ohio wikidata.org

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