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Anson G. McCook. Anson George McCook (October 10, 1835 – December 30, 1917) was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers.
Anson G. McCook, Secretary of the Senate, 1883–1893. At high noon on December 18, 1883, visitors jammed the Senate chamber's galleries. Senators on the floor contended for space with House members who had come to see their well-liked former colleague sworn in as secretary of the Senate. Forty-eight-year-old Anson George McCook entered the ...
Anson George McCook was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. In civilian life, he was an attorney and three-term reconstruction era U.S. Congressman from New York. He was a member of the ...
Anson George McCook was born on October 10, 1835 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was the second son of John James McCook and Catherine Sheldon McCook. After attending public school in New Lisbon, Ohio, McCook moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a drug clerk from 1850 to 1852.
The new 2nd Ohio was organized at Camp Dennison in Cincinnati from July 17 to September 20, 1861. The regiment left Ohio for service in Kentucky on September 4, operating near Olympian Springs, Kentucky, until November. It first "saw the elephant" (initial combat experience) in a skirmish at West Liberty, Kentucky, on October 23.
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MCCOOK, ANSON GEORGE, a Representative from New York; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, October 10, 1835; attended the common schools of Lisbon (then New Lisbon), Ohio; employed as a drug clerk in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-1852; returned to Ohio and taught school near Lisbon; crossed the Plains to California in 1854 and engaged in mining in that State and also in Nevada; returned East ...
