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Antonio Texas Senator Coke A 18 Year Senate Career
Richard Coke born 1829 in Virginia rose to lead Texas politics after Civil War. He served as governor from 1874 and as U S senator from 1877 to 1895. Noted for opposition to corporate corruption, he shaped Texas constitutional reform and river harbor funding. He died in Waco on May 14 1897.
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Richard Coke
Williamsburg
Virginia
John and
Eliza Coke
William and Mary College
Waco
Texas
Mary E
James L. Howe
Supreme Court of
Sheridan
Judge Coke
Congress
Jose Rodriguez
Supreme Court
Davis
Grant
Coke
Ex Parte Rodriguez” Fame
United States
Senate
Morgan C. Hamilton
United States Senate
Commerce
Judiciary Committee
Senator Coke