About Elisha Cooke Sr.

Elisha Cooke was a wealthy Massachusetts physician, politician, and businessman who was elected Speaker of the Massachusetts Bay Assembly in 1683. He was the leader of the "popular party", a faction in the Massachusetts House that resisted encroachment by royal officials on colonial rights embodied in the Massachusetts Charter. This role was taken up by his son, Elisha Cooke Jr.

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Elisha Cooke Sr.

Massachusetts colonial politician and judge (1637–1715)

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About Elisha Cooke Sr.

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Occupation

politician

Position held

member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Citizenship

United States

Born

September 16, 1637

Died

October 31, 1715

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