# Zadock Cook

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox person
| name            = Zadock Cook
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1769|02|18}}
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1863|08|03|1769|02|18}}
| birth_place     = Virginia
| death_place     = Near Watkinsville, Georgia
| occupation      = United States representative
| political_party = Democratic-Republican
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'''Zadock Cook''' (February 18, 1769 – August 3, 1863) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bioguide Search|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000728|access-date=2022-01-29|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in [Virginia](/source/Virginia) and moved to [Hancock County, Georgia](/source/Hancock_County%2C_Georgia) in early life.  He was one of the first white settlers in [Clarke County, Georgia](/source/Clarke_County%2C_Georgia). He was self-educated. He served as an Ensign in the Washington County Militia in 1793 and a Captain of the Eleventh Company, Hancock County Militia, in 1796.

Cook was member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) in 1806, 1807, and again in 1822.  He served in the [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate) 1810–1814, 1823, and 1824. He was elected as a [Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [14th United States Congress](/source/14th_United_States_Congress) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Alfred Cuthbert](/source/Alfred_Cuthbert). He was reelected to the [15th Congress](/source/15th_United_States_Congress) and served from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1819. He retired from public life and settled on his plantation near [Watkinsville, Georgia](/source/Watkinsville%2C_Georgia) and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1863. He was buried in Jackson Cemetery, Clarke (now [Oconee](/source/Oconee_County%2C_Georgia)) County, Georgia. He was also a slave owner.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Weil|first1=Julie Zauzmer|last2=Blanco|first2=Adrian|last3=Dominguez|first3=Leo|title=More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/|access-date=2022-01-29|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Congress slaveowners|date=2022-01-27|url=https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-congress-slaveowners|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-01-29}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{CongBio|C000728}}

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| state = Georgia
| district = AL
| before= [Alfred Cuthbert](/source/Alfred_Cuthbert)
| after= [John Alfred Cuthbert](/source/John_Alfred_Cuthbert)
| years= December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1819
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Category:1769 births
Category:1863 deaths
Category:People from Virginia
Category:Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Category:Georgia (U.S. state) state senators
Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:People from Hancock County, Georgia
Category:People from Clarke County, Georgia
Category:People from Oconee County, Georgia
Category:United States representatives who owned slaves
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly

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