Samuel Sullivan Cox
| Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 9th congressional district | |
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In office November 2, 1886 – September 10, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Succeeded by | Amos J. Cummings |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office August 25, 1885 – September 14, 1886 |
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| Appointed by | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Lew Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Solomon Straus |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 8th congressional district | |
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In office March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | John J. Adams |
| Succeeded by | Timothy J. Campbell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district | |
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In office November 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | James Brooks |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Muller |
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In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas E. Stewart |
| Succeeded by | James Brooks |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th congressional district | |
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In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
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| Preceded by | Richard A. Harrison |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Shellabarger |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th congressional district | |
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In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Galloway |
| Succeeded by | William E. Finck |
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September 30, 1824 Zanesville, Ohio |
| Died | September 10, 1889 (aged 64) New York City |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Ohio University Brown University |
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Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824, Zanesville, Ohio – September 10, 1889, New York City) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives, and also served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Cox was the grandson of New Jersey Congressman James Cox. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Samuel Sullivan, who was Ohio State Treasurer in 1820–1823. Cox attended Ohio University and Brown University, graduating from Brown in 1846. He practiced law in Zanesville and became the owner and editor of the Ohio Statesman, a newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. In 1855, he was secretary of the U.S. legation to Peru.
Cox was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1856, and served three terms representing Ohio's 12th congressional district and one representing the 7th district. After giving an impassioned speech in 1864 denouncing Republicans for allegedly supporting miscegenation (see miscegenation hoax), he was defeated for reelection and moved to New York City, where he resumed law practice.
"As slavery was already dead by the bullet, I figured it would be better to stop the bloodshed," he told a crowd seven years later. That mattered more than "the mere empty, abstract ceremonial of burying the dead corpse of slavery."
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