Horace S. Cooley

Horace S. Cooley (1806 – April 2, 1850) was an American politician.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Cooley studied medicine and then law. In 1840, Cooley moved to Rushville, Illinois and then finally settled in Quincy, Illinois. In 1842, Cooley was appointed quartermaster general of Illinois. In 1846, Cooley was appointed to and then elected Illinois Secretary of State. Cooley was a Democrat. He died in 1850 while still in office.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ 'Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,' vol. 1, Henry L. Fowkes, Munsell Publishing Company: 1918, Biographical Sketch of Horace S. Cooley, pg. 121
↑ 'Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,' volume VII, 1911, pg. 195

Political offices
Preceded by Thompson Campbell	Secretary of State of Illinois 1846–1850	Succeeded by David L. Gregg

Illinois Secretaries of State

Kane Lockwood Blackwell Birkbeck Forquer Field Douglas Trumbull Campbell Cooley Gregg Starne Hatch Tyndale Rummell Harlow Dement Pearson Hinrichsen Rose Doyle Woods Stevenson Emmerson Stratton Hughes Rowe Barrett Carpentier Chamberlain Powell Lewis Howlett Dixon Edgar Ryan White

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