William Bourke Cockran
| William Bourke Cockran | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district | |
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In office March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas F. Smith |
| Succeeded by | John J. O'Connor |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th congressional district | |
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In office February 23, 1904 – March 3, 1909 |
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| Preceded by | George B. McClellan, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Michael F. Conry |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph J. Little |
| Succeeded by | George B. McClellan, Jr. |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Abraham Dowdney |
| Succeeded by | Roswell P. Flower |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th congressional district | |
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In office November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Francis B. Spinola |
| Succeeded by | Daniel E. Sickles |
| Personal details | |
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William Bourke Cockran February 28, 1854 County Sligo, Ireland |
| Died | March 1, 1923 (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Bourke Cockran (February 28, 1854 – March 1, 1923), commonly known as Bourke Cockran, was a United States Representative from New York and a political orator. A Democrat, he advocated the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forbade states from preventing U.S. citizens from voting on account of "race" or "color".
Born in County Sligo, Ireland, he was educated in France and in his native country, and emigrated to the United States when seventeen years of age. He was a teacher in a private academy and principal of a public school in Westchester County, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced in Mount Vernon, New York; two years later, he moved to New York City and continued the practice of law.
Beginning in 1886, Cockran, a Democrat, was a frequent candidate for the US House of Representatives and won several times; he served a number of non-consecutive terms. Between terms, he concentrated on his New York law practice. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1892, 1904, and 1920. At the 1920 convention, he delivered the nominating speech for Al Smith.
Cockran was a member of the commission to revise the judiciary article of the New York Constitution in 1890. Cockran publicly broke with his party in 1896 for opposing the Free Silver platform of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Cockran campaigned instead for Republican presidential candidate William McKinley, which was considered a major factor in McKinley's victory.
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