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Cockrell, Francis Marion

lawyer, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1834, in Warrensburg, Mo. He was elected a senator in congress from Missouri in 1875, and was re-elected three times. His term expires in 1899.

COCKRELL, JEREMIAH VARDAMAN, lawyer, congressman, was born May 7, 1832, in Johnson county, Mo. He was appointed district judge by Governor Ireland, to which position he was elected in 1886, and re-elected in 1890. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.

COCKRILL, STERLING ROBERTSON, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 25, 1847, in Nashville, Tenn. At the age of sixteen he was sergeant of light artillery in the army of the Tennessee, confederate service. At the age of thirty-seven he became chief justice of the supreme court of Arkansas; received the re-election, but resigned to give his attention solely to the practice of his profession at Little Rock, Ark.