# Sam C. Cook

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{{Short description|American judge (1855-1924)}}
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1855|1|13}}
| birth_place  = [Oxford, Mississippi](/source/Oxford%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1924|2|15|1855|1|13}}
| office       = Associate Justice of the [Supreme Court of Mississippi](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Mississippi)
| term_start   = May 10, 1912
| term_end     = 1921
| state_house1 = Mississippi
| term_start1  = January 1890
| term_end1    = January 1896
| party        = [Democratic](/source/US_Democratic_Party)
| district1    = [Coahoma County](/source/Coahoma_County%2C_MS)
| prior_term1  = [Panola County](/source/Panola_County%2C_MS) (1886-1888)
| term_start2  = January 1886
| term_end2    = January 1888
| children     = 4
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'''Sam C. Cook''' (July 13, 1855 – February 15, 1924) was a judge and state legislator in Mississippi. He served as a justice of the [Supreme Court of Mississippi](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Mississippi) from 1912 to 1921.<ref name="Southwick">[Leslie Southwick](/source/Leslie_H._Southwick), [https://dc.law.mc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1410&context=lawreview Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996], 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).</ref>

== Early life ==
Sam C. Cook was born on July 13, 1855, in [Oxford, Mississippi](/source/Oxford%2C_Mississippi).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MoGAQAAIAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi |date=1912 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |pages=335–336 |language=en}}</ref> He was the son of Milas J. Cook and Martha (Bumpass) Cook.<ref name=":0" /> Cook attended the public schools of Oxford, and graduated from the [University of Mississippi](/source/University_of_Mississippi) with a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) degree in 1878.<ref name=":0" /> He then began practicing law in [Holmes County, Mississippi](/source/Holmes_County%2C_Mississippi), before moving to [Batesville, Mississippi](/source/Batesville%2C_Mississippi), in 1880, and continuing to practice law there.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
In 1885, Cook was elected to represent [Panola County](/source/Panola_County%2C_Mississippi) as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) in the [Mississippi House of Representatives](/source/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives) and served in the 1886 session.<ref name=":0" /> In 1888, he moved to [Clarksdale, Mississippi](/source/Clarksdale%2C_Mississippi).<ref name=":0" /> Cook represented [Coahoma County](/source/Coahoma_County%2C_Mississippi) in the House in the 1890, 1892, and 1894 sessions.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed attorney for the Yazoo Mississippi delta levee board in 1900 and served two years.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed circuit Judge of the Eleventh district by former Governor [Andrew H. Longino](/source/Andrew_H._Longino) in 1902 and was reappointed by Governors [James K. Vardaman Jr.](/source/James_K._Vardaman_Jr.) and [Edmond Noel](/source/Edmond_Noel).<ref>"Judge Sam C. Cook", ''The Chattanooga News'' (February 15, 1924), p. 2.</ref>

He was appointed to Mississippi's supreme court by Mississippi governor [Earl L. Brewer](/source/Earl_L._Brewer) in 1912 after serving in the state legislature and for two terms as a circuit judge.<ref name="Southwick"/> In 1920, Brewer was challenged in his bid for reelection by [William Dozier Anderson](/source/William_Dozier_Anderson).<ref name="Southwick"/> In the closing days of the election, Anderson accused Cook of having become lazy and careless in his opinion writing, and defeated Cook in the primary.<ref name="Southwick"/>

== Personal life ==
Cook was a [Methodist](/source/Methodism).<ref name=":0" /> He married Elizabeth Murphy on October 25, 1882, and they had four children, named Charles, Edwin, Marjorie, and Sam Jr.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi](/source/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Mississippi)

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