Show DEATH AND CAREER OF THE brilliant and a capable ami 8 cox passed to the 0 8 33 last so prominent statesman was wag bora r zanesville 3 ohio ablo on sup sept 1824 he was the sou son of taylor cox who was waa a van the ohio senate in 1882 attended the ohio university athens and graduated at brow brownl 1846 during his career tn ip ool teg he showed the energy characterized his whole life in abt aw himself by literary awk wl and obtaining the prizes in adgia V history literary criticism g political economy adopting profession of the law he re returned ohio to open practice in j but abandoned the intentions Intent ioni J pr proceeded t ceedee to europe i soon after his return from tbt 10 world mr cox became in editor of the columbus ohio man and from that time devo fod his attention mainly to pon issues while editing the penned he published a man gorff in sophomoric sop homorio which procured for him the of sunset cox it 1855 was offered the secret gu legation in london londo but d deconill the ampol appointment not long ik lifted haz 1 was given the opportunity of S 1 to lima peru in a similar ca cap he accepted and remal one year on his return he elected to congress and re three times serving gerving contin from dec ath 1867 1857 tw till march lai 1865 during three of them W terms he was chairman of the aia 4 cittee on revolutionary mr cox bras was a delegate t to 0 the chicago new york an and d st afi democratic conventions ai of filppi 1868 and 1876 during the war he sustained the go government v by voting money and men he toole a conspicuous part in ing a number of polle policies teg of the fui ministration in 1866 he took up hla his peram W residence in new york alq font HM was elected a representative to congress in 1868 and was ree elected reelected re e three times he served on a numa nutte ber of committees among them foreign affairs banking the cent centennial exhibition and rules at the opening of the session be hebb V one of three candidates candida tei kw tw the he was not elected k but frequently served am protein pro tern during this session tie lw 1 took upon hi himself amsel f by a special TOBO ja aw 1 41 lution of chiq own en pew census law and vw alao the author of the aba of apportionment adopted by the oe house he introduced and iw fw amy many years championed the bill the lifesaving life saving service which was finally passed his congress included the rats rais ug bg of the salaries of letter carriers and granting them a vacation with jm of pay this latter action s aw an appropriation of he was on the committees arii the duty of investigating the doings of black friday federal us in u cities tafe new york put port office and the southern ku krex on troubles he was for many feiks one of the directors of the nia institution h his Is term in Capacity closing in 1865 in n 1889 mr cox visited europe anal northern africa journeying I 1 corsica algeria and spain an ac jaw 1872 2 he was defeated as candidate at limp large from new york state W ut the death of his successful competitor necessitated another election blob resulted in mr cox being ain gain returned he was reelected elected re in 1874 and 1880 thus twelve consecutive years one em of his latest great efforts for he received the thanks of 09 chamber of commerce of new awk aw pi pity ty was the passage of a law adverta all jurisdictions in the fede 1 fabri J jurisdiction so as to preserve tock harbor and its tributaries tributa ries hiow destruction deet ruction it passed the jhoice hut but on a point of order was deleted in the senate in the summer of 1882 mr cox sweden norway russia turkey and greece in he appointed ft anted minister to turkey to the united states in f after an absence of one tsai yur and in november was to congress mr I 1 had a wide reputation as an and humorous speaker and lecturer he performed a juge uw amount of newspaper and maano work besides which he is gW AUthor of 01 the following the backie abroad new york IM 9 puritanism in politics f flight eight years in congress aa ca seah for winter sun 1870 why we laugh ofal i crrea LaDd and free trade uett sunbeams sunbeams and Z hie three decades 0 of f ederae c fixation 1885 r the Vajo foregoing epitome of the 4 af l sunset cox cov shows that jacv nil vie A a busy and useful life if stain upon his memory lip showing that he was other than an upright honorable man as well RS as an able publicist we are not aware of it the biography of such a man would afford many useful lessons to tg the youth of ef america as it would show the possibilities of a moral and industrious course of life |