Marlow Cook
| Marlow Cook | |
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office December 17, 1968 – December 27, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Thruston Morton |
| Succeeded by | Wendell Ford |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1957 1959 |
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Marlow Webster Cook July 27, 1926 Akron, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 2016 (aged 89) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Remmers |
| Alma mater | University of Louisville |
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 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician who served from his appointment in December 1968 until his resignation, in December 1974, as a Rockefeller (Moderate) Republican United States Senator from Louisville, Kentucky.
He also ran a lobby-law firm Cook and Henderson with Dave Henderson. They were the primary political lobbyists to the Tobacco Institute. in the early 1980s.
Cook was born in Akron, in Erie County, in western New York. He moved to Louisville at 17. Also at that age, he joined the US Navy and served on submarines in both the European and the Pacific Theaters of Operations during World War II. After the war, he enrolled at the University of Louisville and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and a law degree in 1950. He practiced law in Louisville until 1957.
Cook was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1957 and again in 1959. He served on a special committee analyzing education in the state and also on a planning committee.
Cook was elected to two terms as Jefferson County Judge, the equivalent of a mayoral position administering populous Jefferson County, which, by the 1960s, was mostly suburbs of Louisville. He was elected in 1961 and, along with fellow Republican William O. Cowger, who became the new mayor of Louisville, Cook unseated the Democratic Party, which had held both offices for 28 years.
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