James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Cocke, 30 October 1809 (Abstract)

§ From William Cocke1

30 October 1809, Rutledge, Tennessee. Laments the death of Governor Lewis and offers to serve as his replacement if JM wishes.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Cocke”). 2 pp.

1. Cocke had served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1796–97 and 1799–1805, and had recently lost the governor’s race to Willie Blount.

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    To James Madison from William Cocke, 30 October 1809 (Abstract)
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    Cocke, William
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    30 October 1809

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    “To James Madison from William Cocke, 30 October 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0064. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 51.]

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