The Cooks and Edwards
- Benjamin Edwards (1753–1829), Maryland House Delegate 1782-1784, delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention 1788, Maryland State Court Judge 1793, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1795. Father of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards.
- Ninian Edwards (1775–1833), Governor of Illinois Territory 1809-1818, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1918-1924, Governor of Illinois 1826-1830. Son of Benjamin Edwards.
- Cyrus Edwards, candidate for Governor of Illinois 1838, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847. Son of Benjamin Edwards.
- Ninian W. Edwards (1809–1889), Attorney General of Illinois 1834-1835, Illinois State Representative 1837-1841 1849-1853, Illinois State Senator 1845-1849, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847. Son of Ninian Edwards.
- Daniel Pope Cook (1794–1827), candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1818, Attorney General of Illinois, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1819-1827. Son-in-law of Ninian Edwards.
- John Cook (1825–1910), Mayor of Springfield, Illinois; Illinois Assemblyman. Son of Daniel Pope Cook.
NOTE: Ninian W. Edwards was also brother-in-law of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and his daughter, Julia, was daughter-in-law of U.S. Representative David J. Baker. Daniel Pope Cook was nephew of U.S. Senator John Pope and U.S. Representative Nathaniel Pope.
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