Orchard Cook

Orchard Cook
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's16thdistrict
In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811
Preceded by	Samuel Thatcher
Succeeded by	Peleg Tallman
Personal details
Born	(1763-03-24)March 24, 1763 Salem,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America
Died	August 12, 1819(1819-08-12)(aged 56) Wiscasset,Massachusetts,U.S.(nowMaine)
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Occupation	Merchant

Orchard Cook(March 24, 1763 – August 12, 1819) was aU.S. RepresentativefromMassachusetts.

Born inSalemin theProvince of Massachusetts Bay,Cook attended the public schools, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as Assessor of Pownalborough in 1786,and Town clerk of New Milford, in the District of Maine from 1795 to 1797. He was aJustice of the Peace,served as judge of the court of common pleas for Lincoln County 1799–1810, was appointed assistant assessor of the twenty-fifth district in November 1798, and served as overseer ofBowdoin Collegefrom 1800 to 1805.

Cook was elected as aDemocratic-Republicanto the Ninth,Tenth,andEleventhCongresses (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1810. He then served as Sheriff of Lincoln County in 1811, and Postmaster ofWiscassetinMassachusetts' District of Mainefrom 1811 until his death there August 12, 1819. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress."Orchard Cook (id: C000723)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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