Background
Cooke, Thomas Turner was born on June 19, 1894 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Hedley Vicars and Harriot Stoddert (Turner) Cooke.
Assistant United States Attorney
Cooke, Thomas Turner was born on June 19, 1894 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Hedley Vicars and Harriot Stoddert (Turner) Cooke.
Graduate Philips Andover Academy, 1911. B. Chemistry, Cornell, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1923.
Frances Edgerton. Admitted to New York bar, 1925, New Jersey bar, 1957. Receivership counsel International Combustion Engineering Company, 1930. Krauth, Nachod & Kuhne, 1923-1925, Prince & Whitely, 1930-1931.
Assistant United State Attorneys Southern District New York, 1925-1930. Special assistant to United State Attorneys general, 1930-1931. Participated in prosecution Harry M. Daugherty, ex-attorney general United States and Thomas W. Miller, ex-alien property custodian.
Prosecuted Albany Baseball Pool, Daniel P. O’Connell, Albany Company (New York) Democratic leader, and numerous bankruptcy fraud and mail fraud cases. Counsel numerous leading cases Supreme Court of the United States Court since 1935.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army A.S., 1918-1919. Member Bar Association City New York, American Bar assosiation, New York Company Lawyers Association Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon. Club: Yale (New York City).
Married Elizabeth Throckmorton, November 10, 1928.