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William Robert Cox (March 14, 1901 – July 7, 1988) was an American writer. He was a prolific writer of short stories and Western and Mystery novels mainly for the pulp and paperback markets.
William Ruffin Cox (March 11, 1831/1832 – December 26, 1919) was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the Senate from 1893 to 1900.
Aug 12, 1988 · William R. Cox, who wrote 80 novels encompassing sports, mystery and westerns, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87 years old. His...
William R. Cox has 75 books on Goodreads with 394 ratings. William R. Cox’s most popular book is Cemetery Jones (A Cemetery Jones Western Book 1).
William Robert Cox (1901-1988) was a writer for more than sixty years, and published more than seventy-five novels and perhaps one thousand short stories, as well as more than 150 TV shows and several movies on film. He was well into his career, flooding the market with sports, crime, and adventure stories, when he turned to the western novel.
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Dec 26, 2016 · Confederate General, Postbellum Politician William R. Cox. On December 26, 1919, Civil War soldier, planter and politician William Ruffin Cox died in Richmond, Virginia. Born in Scotland Neck in 1832, Cox was raised and educated in Nashville, Tennessee.
Cox represented the Raleigh-Durham district in the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (4 Mar. 1881–3 Mar. 1887). His most notable and controversial role came in the Forty-ninth Congress when, as chairman of the Committee on Civil Service, he championed reform.
