| 词条 | Levi Cook |
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| name = Levi Cook | image = LeviCook.jpg | smallimage = | caption = | office = Mayor of Detroit | term_start = 1832 | term_end = 1832 | predecessor = Marshall Chapin | successor = Marshall Chapin | office2 = Mayor of Detroit | term_start2 = 1835 | term_end2 = 1836 | predecessor2 = Andrew Mack | successor2 = Henry Howard | birth_date = {{birth-date|December 16, 1792}} | birth_place = Bellingham, Massachusetts | death_date = {{death-date and age|December 2, 1866|December 16, 1792}} | death_place = Detroit, Michigan | constituency = | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = Elizabeth Stevens | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }} Levi Cook (December 16, 1792 – December 2, 1866) was an American business and politician who served two terms the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and one in the Michigan House of Representatives. Cook was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1792,[1] the son of Thadeus Cook.[2] He moved to Detroit in 1815, and that same year became one of the trustees of the city. He also served as City Treasurer in 1822, County Commissioner from 1824–27, Superintendent of the Poor from 1827–28, and city alderman in 1828.[1] He was both Treasurer of the Michigan Territory and Chief Engineer of the Fire Department from 1830–36, mayor of Detroit in 1832, 1835–36,[2] a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1838, and a member of the city Board of Review in 1840–41.[1] He was originally a Whig, but later in life a Republican.[3] Cook was a dry goods merchant.[4] He was also a director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, and served as its president from 1838–45.[1] He married Elizabeth Stevens of Boston in 1818,[5] but the couple had no children.[1] Levi Cook died on December 2, 1866.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{citation|title = THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN |author = Silas Farmer| year = 1889 |pages = 1033–1034|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yl06VbZ-RfwC&pg=1033#v=onepage&q&f=false}} {{Commons Category}}{{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before=Marshall Chapin}}{{s-ttl | title=Mayor of Detroit | years = 1832}}{{s-aft | after=Marshall Chapin}}{{s-bef | before=Andrew Mack}}{{s-ttl | title=Mayor of Detroit | years = 1835–1836}}{{s-aft | after=Henry Howard}}{{end}}{{DetroitMayors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Levi}}2. ^{{citation|title = The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical| year = 1907 |pages = 28–29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6vhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 3. ^{{citation|title = Early history of Michigan: with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators |author = Stephen D. Bingham |publisher = Thorp & Godfrey, state printers| year = 1888 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st4iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA194#v=onepage&q&f=false|page = 194}} 4. ^{{Citation | editor-last = Carlisle | editor-first = Fred | year = 1890 | title = Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County | publisher = O.S. Gulley, Bornman | publication-place = Detroit | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bR4yB_oZTSYC&pg=206#v=onepage&q&f=false| oclc = 13694600|page = 206}} 5. ^1 {{citation |title = The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 2|author1 = William Stocking| author2 = Gordon K. Miller |editor = Clarence Monroe Burton | publisher = The S. J. Clarke publishing company| year = 1922 |page = 1372| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1RgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1372#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 10 : 1792 births|1866 deaths|County commissioners in Michigan|Members of the Michigan House of Representatives|Detroit City Council members|Mayors of Detroit|People from Bellingham, Massachusetts|Michigan Whigs|19th-century American politicians|Michigan Republicans |
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