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Joseph B. Cotton
House 1893-94 (District 54)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Cook, Lake, St. Louis
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
1/6/1865
Birth Place:
Albion, Indiana
Birth County:
Nobles
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
??/??/1940
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Duluth
Occupation (when first elected):
Lawyer, Cotton and Dibell Law Firm/Former Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Michigan State Agricultural College, 2 years
EDUCATION
Indiana District Schools; Elementary School;
Albion High Schools, Indiana; Secondary; Graduate
Michigan State Agricultural and Mechanical College, Lansing; B.S.; Commencement Orator, 1886
Studied Law; Under Honorable Edwin Willits; Admitted to Practice, Supreme Court of Michigan, June 13, 1888
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GENERAL NOTES
He came to Duluth, Minnesota in September 1888.
Elected:
11/8/1892
Residence:
Duluth
Term of Office:
1/2/1893 to 1/6/1895
Oath Date:
1/3/1893
Counties Represented:
Cook, Lake, St. Louis
Occupation:
Lawyer, Cotton and Dibell Law Firm/Former Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Michigan State Agricultural College, 2 years
Party:
Republican
Committees:
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Grain and Warehouse
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Judiciary
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Municipal Legislation
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Public Parks
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Taxes and Tax Laws
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