Robert Cox (Michigan politician)

Robert Cox (April 30, 1813 – June 1890) was a Michigan politician.

Robert Cox
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Hillsdale County 3rd district
In office
January 2, 1861 – December 31, 1862
Preceded byWilliam W. Brewster
Succeeded byGeorge A. Smith
Personal details
Born(1813-04-30)April 30, 1813
North Branch, New Jersey
DiedJune 1890 (aged 77)
Wheatland Township, Michigan
Political partyWhig (until 1854)
Republican (after 1854)

Early life

Cox was born on April 30, 1813, in the North Branch section of Branchburg, New Jersey. When Cox was young, he became a resident of New York. In 1829, Cox moved to Lenawee County, Michigan. In 1834 or 1835, he moved onto a farm in Wheatland Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.[1] Cox set out one of the first orchards in Wheatland Township, along with Harvey McGee and Lyman Pease. When Hunter Smith put a press into operation in Pittsford, Michigan, Cox and Zebulon Williams Sr., who also made an early orchard in the township, went and made their apples into cider there.[2]

Career

In 1845, Cox served as a justice of the peace. Before 1854, Cox was a member of the Whig Party. Afterwards, Cox was a Republican. On November 6, 1860, Cox served in the Michigan House of Representatives where he represented the Hillsdale County 3rd district from January 2, 1861 to December 31, 1862.[3] In 1864, Cox served as a Wheatland Township highway commissioner, alongside Perry Knapp and Isaac Gates. In 1865, Cox served as Wheatland Township's sole highway commissioner. In 1868, Cox would again serve as highway commissioner with Perry Knapp. In the years 1870, 1873, and 1876, Cox again served as sole highway commissioner.[2]

Death

Cox died in June 1890 in Wheatland Township.[1]

References
  1. Michigan Historical Commission (1924). Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1.
  2. Johnson, Crisfield (1879). History of Hillsdale county. Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Everts & Abbott – via Internet Archive.
  3. "Legislator Details - Robert Cox". Library of Michigan. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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