Christopher C. Cox

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Christopher C. Cox
1st Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
In office 1865 – 1868
Governor	Augustus Bradford (1865-1866) Thomas Swann (1866-1868)
Preceded by	None - first Lt. Governor in history
Succeeded by	Office abolished Next to hold this position: Blair Lee III in 1971
Born	August 26, 1816 Baltimore, Maryland
Died	November 25, 1882 (aged 66) Washington, D.C.
Political party	National Union Party

Christopher C. Cox (August 26, 1816 - November 25, 1882) was a United States politician from Maryland.

Born in Baltimore, Cox was a member of the National Union Party, a coalition of the Democrat loyal to the Union and Republicans during the Civil War.

He served as the first ever Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, after creation of this office. He hold this post from 1865 to 1868. This office was abolished in the same year. The next Lieutenant Governor, Blair Lee III, was elected after this post was reinstated in 1971.

Cox, an Episcopalian, died in Washington D.C..

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Preceded by office created

Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1865–1868

Succeeded by Blair Lee III (1971)

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