Marlow Cook | |
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United States Senator from Kentucky | |
In office December 17, 1968 – December 27, 1974 | |
Preceded by | Thruston Ballard Morton |
Succeeded by | Wendell Ford |
Personal details | |
Born | Marlow Webster Cook July 27, 1926 Akron, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 4, 2016 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 89)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Nancy Elizabeth Remmers
(m. 1947) |
Children | 5 |
Education | University of Louisville (BA, LLB) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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Battles/wars | World War II |
Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician from Kentucky who served as a member of the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974.[1] He was a moderate Republican.
He also ran the lobbying firm Cook and Henderson with former U.S. Democratic representative David N. Henderson from North Carolina, and the two were the primary political lobbyists for the Tobacco Institute in the early 1980s.[2]