Horace S. Cooley

Horace S. Cooley
Transcribed by Kim Torp

COOLEY, Horace S., Secretary of State, was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806, studied medicine for two years in early life, then went to Bangor, Maine, where he began the study of law; in 1840 he came to Illinois, locating first at Rushville and finally in the city of Quincy; in 1842 took prominent part in the campaign which resulted in the election of Thomas Ford as Governor, received from Governor Carlin an appointment a Quartermaster-General of the State. On the accession of Governor French in December, 184? he was appointed Secretary of State and elected to the same office under the Constitution of 1848, dying before the expiration of his term, April 2, 1850.