Background
Cooke, Henry David was born on November 23, 1825 in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of Eleutheros and Martha (Carswell) Cooke.
Businessman governor journalist
Cooke, Henry David was born on November 23, 1825 in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Son of Eleutheros and Martha (Carswell) Cooke.
Graduate Transylvania University, 1844.
Financial editor United States Gazette. Editor Register, Sandusky. In California at time of discovery of gold at Sacramento River.
Obtained specimens, on return trip to Valparaiso, deviated to Isthmus of Panama, where he had Lieutenant Beale carry his gold nuggets to his brother Jay Cooke, a Philadelphia banker (1st California gold ever seen in East), in this way news of discovery of California gold 1st reached the East.
Editor Ohio State Journal, 1856. In charge of Washington office Jay Cooke & Company.
1st president Georgetown Saint Railway Company. Organizer 1st National Bank of District of Columbia, National Life Insurance Company.
1st governor Washington, District of Columbia, 1871-1873, organized system of improved streets and highways in Distric.
Married Laura Humphreys.