Jacob Dolson Cox (Jr.) (October 27 1828 – August 4 1900) was a lawyer a Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 28th Governor of Ohio and as United States Secretary of the Interior. As Governor of Ohio Cox sided with President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan and was against African American suffrage. Secretary of Interior Cox implemented civil service reform into the Department of Interior.
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active years end date
1862-01-05, 1868-01-13, 1870-10-31
active years start date
1860-01-02, 1866-01-08, 1869-03-05
alma mater
Oberlin College
battle
American Civil War, Battle of Franklin (1864), Battle of South Mountain, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Nashville, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Wyse Fork, Battle of Wilmington, Battle of Utoy Creek
birth date
1828-10-27
birth place
Canada, Montreal
country
United States
death date
1900-08-04
death place
Gloucester Massachusetts
LCCN Id
n/84/030382
lieutenant
Andrew McBurney
military branch
Union Army
military command
Kanawha Division
military rank
Major general (United States)
order in office
28th, Governor of Ohio, 10th United States Secretary of the Interior
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