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Washington Cook electoral history

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1922 [5]

  • Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) - 414,130 (47.59%)
  • William A. Gaston (Democratic) - 406,776 (46.67%)
  • John A. Nicholls (Independent) - 24,866 (2.85%)
  • John Weaver Sherman (Socialist) - 11,678 (1.34%)
  • Washington Cook (Independent) - 7,836 (0.90%)
  • William E. Weeks (Progressive) - 4,862 (0.55)

1924 Republican primary for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 2nd District [18]

  • Washington Cook - 23,491 (54.48%)
  • William W. Ollendorff - 19,627 (45.51%)

1924 general election for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 2nd District [19]

  • Washington Cook (Republican) - 53,800 (39.08%)
  • Otho L. Schofeld (Democratic) - 47,171 (34.26%)
  • William W. Ollendorff (Independent) - 36,693 (26.65%)

1926 Republican primary for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 2nd District [9]

  • Chester I. Campbell - 14,464 (43.95%)
  • William W. Ollendorff - 13,867 (42.13%)
  • Washington Cook - 3,332 (10.12%)
  • Peter L. Rowell - 1,244 (3.78%)

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1926 [10]

1928 Massachusetts gubernatorial election [11]

  • Frank G. Allen (Republican) - 769,372 (50.06%)
  • Charles H. Cole (Democratic) - 750,137 (48.81%)
  • Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) - 7,486 (0.49%)
  • Chester W. Bixby (Workers' Party) - 4,495 (0.29%)
  • Washington Cook (Prohibition) - 3,098 (0.20%)
  • Stephen Surridge (Socialist Labor) - 1,374 (0.09%)
  • Edith Hamilton MacFadden (Independent) - 928 (0.06%)

1944 Republican primary for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 5th District [20]

  • Washington Cook - 13,717 (50.60%)
  • Fred A. Turner - 8,279 (30.54%)
  • S. Howard Donnell (write in) - 5,109 (18.84%)

1944 general election for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 5th District [16]

  • Robert V. O'Sullivan - 108,483 (50.68%)
  • Washington Cook - 105,550 (49.31%)

1948 Republican primary for the Massachusetts Governor's Council, 5th District [17]

  • Alfred C. Gaunt - 19,605 (58.80%)
  • John M. Kelleher - 7,755 (23.26%)
  • Washington Cook - 5,978 (17.93%)

Business career

Cook dropped out of Somerville High School to work for the Gutta Percha Rubber Company. After 17 years with the company he was promoted to manager. He retired from the company after 48 years of service. [3]

Cook was also involved in real estate. [3]

In December 1923, Cook declared voluntary bankruptcy. During the proceedings it was revealed that he had pawned $10,000 worth of goods that he had purchased on credit and on one occasion had even sold the pawn ticket. [21] [22]

Later life

On December 26, 1949, Cook was seriously injured when he was struck by a car. His injuries included a fractured right hip and severe lacerations to the face. It was the second time in three months that Cook had been struck by a car. [23]

On December 12, 1954, the boarding house where Cook was residing was set on fire. Cook escaped, but four others died. [24]

Cook died on October 12, 1955, in Haverhill. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bertha Cook". The Boston Daily Globe. October 14, 1943.
  2. ↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1925-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Washington Cook 82, Former Member of Executive Council". The Boston Daily Globe. October 13, 1955.
  4. ↑ "Washington Cook Out For Lodge's Seat". The Boston Daily Globe. March 10, 1922.
  5. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1922). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. p. 320.
  6. ↑ "Auditor Cook's Brother Chosen". The Boston Daily Globe. September 11, 1924.
  7. ↑ "Washington Cook Out for Senator". The Boston Daily Globe. July 29, 1926.
  8. ↑ "Cook Files Papers to Run for Senate". The Boston Daily Globe. September 3, 1926.
  9. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1926). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. p. 28.
  10. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1926). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. p. 175.
  11. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (1926). Election Statistics, 1928. Boston, MA.
  12. ↑ "Brother's Attack on Cook a Surprise". The Boston Daily Globe. July 12, 1930.
  13. 1 2 "Cook Brothers Will Tilt Again". The Boston Daily Globe. August 16, 1933.
  14. ↑ "12 Fail to File for Mayorality". The Boston Daily Globe. September 27, 1933.
  15. ↑ Cutler, Samuel B. (July 13, 1944). "State Treasurer Hurley May Resign". The Boston Daily Globe.
  16. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944). Election Statistics. p. 304.
  17. 1 2 Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1948). Election Statistics. p. 170.
  18. ↑ Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1924). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. p. 83.
  19. ↑ Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1924). Number of assessed polls, registered voters and persons who voted in each voting precinct in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the state, city and town elections. p. 334.
  20. ↑ Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944). Election Statistics. p. 137.
  21. ↑ "Cook Tells of His Bankruptcy". The Boston Daily Globe. May 5, 1925.
  22. ↑ "Pawned Goods Bought Upon Credit". The Boston Daily Globe. May 6, 1925.
  23. ↑ "Washington Cook Seriously Hurt by Car at 73". The Boston Daily Globe. December 27, 1949.
  24. ↑ "Boy, 16, Held After Fire Kills Parents; Girl, 8, Assaulted By Teen-Age Gang". The Boston Daily Globe. December 13, 1954.
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Washington Cook
Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from the 2nd District
In office
1925–1927