Martin Cooke (mayor)

Martin Cooke
24th Mayor of Hoboken
In office
1912–1915
Preceded byGeorge Washington Gonzales
Succeeded byPatrick R. Griffin
Personal details
Born1872 (1872)
DiedJuly 31, 1944(1944-07-31) (aged 71–72)
Hoboken, New Jersey
ResidenceHoboken, New Jersey

Martin Cooke was a master butcher who became the Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, serving from 1912 to 1915.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1872. He married Helen Shugrue and had a son, Martin W. Cooke.[1]

He had served as the Fire Commissioner of Hoboken, Tax Commissioner of Hoboken and member of the Tax Appeals Board, and was a Hudson County Freeholder in 1910.[1] In August 1912, a crowbar dropped by a workman working at the Old Court House, narrowly missed striking the mayor.[3] He was Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1912 to 1915.[1]

Starting in 1932 he was custodian of the Hudson County Court House.[1]

He died on July 31, 1944, in Hoboken, New Jersey.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Martin Cooke. Only Surviving Ex-Mayor of Hoboken Dies at Age of 72". New York Times. 1 August 1944. He had also served the city as Fire Commissioner, Tax Commissioner and member of the Tax Appeals Board, and was a county Freeholder in 1910. For the last twelve years he was custodian of the Hudson County Court House. ...
  2. ^ "Hoboken, New Jersey". American Meat Trade and Retail Butchers Journal. 1911. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  3. ^ "Hoboken Mayor in Peril" (PDF). The New York Times. 1 August 1912. Retrieved 2009-08-01. Mayor Martin Cooke of Hoboken, New Jersey had a narrow escape from death yesterday ...


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