Martin Cooke | |
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24th Mayor of Hoboken | |
In office 1912–1915 | |
Preceded by | George Washington Gonzales |
Succeeded by | Patrick R. Griffin |
Personal details | |
Born | 1872 |
Died | July 31,1944 71–72) Hoboken,New Jersey | (aged
Residence | Hoboken,New Jersey |
Martin Cooke was a master butcher who became the Mayor of Hoboken,New Jersey,serving from 1912 to 1915. [1] [2]
He was born in 1872. He married Helen Shugrue and had a son,Martin W. Cooke. [1]
He had served as the Fire Commissioner of Hoboken,Tax Commissioner of Hoboken and member of the Tax Appeals Board,and was a Hudson County Freeholder in 1910. [1] In August 1912,a crowbar dropped by a workman working at the Old Court House,narrowly missed striking the mayor. [3] He was Mayor of Hoboken,New Jersey,from 1912 to 1915. [1]
Starting in 1932 he was custodian of the Hudson County Court House. [1]
He died on July 31,1944,in Hoboken,New Jersey. [1]
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He had also served the city as Fire Commissioner, Tax Commissioner and member of the Tax Appeals Board, and was a county Freeholder in 1910. For the last twelve years he was custodian of the Hudson County Court House. ...
Mayor Martin Cooke of Hoboken, New Jersey had a narrow escape from death yesterday ...