serviceyears branch term_end commands profession battles term_start rank spouse name relations predecessor party office state district successor religion article_title
1813 & ndash ; 1814 tennessee militia march 3 , 1827 1813 1839 1st division -lrb- eastern -rrb- attorney creek war march 4 , 1819 1811 1837 major general sarah stratton cocke john alexander cocke william nephew -rrb- cocke -lrb- father -rrb- william m. cocke -lrb- william grainger blount joseph dickson ephraim h. foster democratic-republican speaker of the tennessee house of representatives tennessee 2nd pryor lea thomas claiborne jonas e. thomas methodist john alexander cocke

john alexander cocke

john alexander cocke -lrb- 1772 -- february 16 , 1854 -rrb- was an american politician and soldier who represented tennessee 's 2nd district in the united states house of representatives from 1819 to 1827 .
he also served several terms in the tennessee senate and the tennessee house of representatives , and was speaker of the latter for two sessions -lrb- 1811 -- 1813 and 1837 -- 1839 -rrb- .
during the creek war , cocke commanded the eastern division of the tennessee militia .
