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  Cook, Marlow W.
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NameMarlow W. Cook
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Maryhill, Kentucky , United States
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Born July 27, 1926
Died February 04, 2016 (89 years)
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Jun 25, 2021 07:50pm
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InfoMarlow Webster Cook

born in Akron, Erie County, N.Y., on July 27, 1926; entered the United States Navy at seventeen and served in the submarine service in the Atlantic and Pacific during the Second World War; graduated University of Louisville Law School 1950; practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky; elected to the Kentucky house of representatives in 1957 and reelected in 1959; elected as a Jefferson County judge in 1961; reelected in 1965; elected in 1968 as a Republican to the United States Senate; subsequently was appointed on December 17, 1968, to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Thruston B. Morton, and served from December 17, 1968, until his resignation December 27, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Sarasota, Fla.

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Feb 04, 2016 11:05am Obituary Marlow Cook, former [KY US] senator, county judge, dies  Article RP 

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RACES
  11/05/1974 KY US Senate Lost 44.08% (-9.48%)
  05/28/1974 KY US Senate- R Primary Won 87.60% (+80.71%)
  12/17/1968 KY US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1968 KY US Senate Won 51.36% (+3.74%)
  05/28/1968 KY US Senate - R Primary Won 61.99% (+28.32%)
  05/23/1967 KY Governor - R Primary Lost 48.26% (-2.13%)
  11/02/1965 Jefferson County Judge/Executive Won 64.44% (+28.88%)
  11/07/1961 Jefferson County Judge/Executive Won 55.80% (+11.60%)
ENDORSEMENTS
KY US President - Nov 02, 2004 D John F. Kerry
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
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