Joseph R. Cockerill

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Joseph Randolph Cockerill (January 2, 1818 - October 23, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, Cockerill moved to Scott Township, Ohio, in 1837 and settled in Youngstown. He attended the public schools. He taught school. County surveyor in 1840. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in West Union, Ohio. He served as clerk of the court of common pleas. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1853 and 1854.

Cockerill was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859). He entered the Union Army during the Civil War and served as colonel of the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers March 13, 1865. He was again a member of the State house of representatives 1868-1871. He resumed the practice of law. He died in West Union, Ohio, October 23, 1875. He was interred in West Union Cemetery.

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• Joseph R. Cockerill at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress