Ralph Cook

Ralph Cook
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
In office
1993–2001
Appointed byJim Folsom
Preceded byOscar W. Adams Jr.
Succeeded byLyn Stuart
Personal details
Born
Ralph Delano Cook

(1944-04-29) April 29, 1944 (age 80)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCharlsie Davis
Children3
Parent(s)Joe Cook
Nannie Cook
EducationTennessee State University (BS)
Howard University School of Law (JD)
ProfessionJudge

Ralph Delano Cook (born April 29, 1944) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1993 to 2001. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. appointed Cook to finish the term of Oscar W. Adams Jr. upon Adams' retirement.[1][2]

Early life, education, and career

Raised in Jefferson County, Alabama, Cook was "the second of three children of Joe and Nannie Cook", who owned and operated a cleaning service in Bessemer.[3] Cook received his B.S. from Tennessee State University and his J.D. from Howard University School of Law.[4] He thereafter moved to California, where he taught at San Jose State University and at Cabrillo College.[4][3] He was an administrative analyst for the city of Berkeley, California, from 1971 to 1973, leaving at the end of 1973 to take a position as a deputy district attorney in Alabama.[3][5]

After returning to Alabama, he also taught at Miles Law School, and was named the dean of the law school in September 1976,[6] serving in that capacity until 1990.[3]

Judicial career

Cook was the first black person to be elected to a state district judgeship in Jefferson County, Alabama, the largest county in the state,[7] where he served for four and a half years.[3] He thereafter became the first black person to be elected to the circuit court for the same county.[7]

Cook was sworn in as a justice of the state supreme court in November 1993.[7] In November 1994, Cook, running as a Democrat defeated Republican challenger Mark Montiel to win election to a full term on the court.[8] In his 2000 bid for reelection to the court, however, Cook was defeated by Republican challenger Lyn Stuart.[9]

Personal life

Cook married Charlsie Davis, also of Jefferson County, with whom he had two daughters and a son.[4]

References

  1. ^ Tom Hughes, "Pioneering justice swears in successor", The Montgomery Advertiser (October 31, 1993), p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Justice Adams Announces Retirement; Circuit Judge Ralph Cook is Appointed" (PDF). Alabama Court News. October 1993.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Justices have much in common", The Montgomery Advertiser (October 31, 1993), p. 1B, 6B.
  4. ^ a b c "RALPH D. COOK: Associate Justice - 1993-2001" (PDF). Judiciary of Alabama. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "City official accepts post in Alabama", The Berkeley Gazette (December 7, 1973), p. 1.
  6. ^ "Bessemer judge new Miles dean of law", Birmingham Post-Herald (September 16, 1976), p. A7.
  7. ^ a b c Phillip Rawls, "Ralph Cook becomes second black on state Supreme Court", Birmingham Post-Herald (November 2, 1993), p. D4.
  8. ^ Bob Johnson, "Cook, Kennedy win court races", Birmingham Post-Herald (November 10, 1994), p. C1.
  9. ^ Kirkland, Kay (November 8, 2000). "Coffee County favors Bush". The Southeast Sun.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
1993–2001 		Succeeded by

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