Leading Nevada Attorney Passes, H.R. Cooke, Active in State Life Since 1898 Dies in Reno
H. R. Cooke, one of Nevada's most prominent attorneys, and a resident of this state since 1898, died Friday evening at a local hospital. Seventy-nine years old, he had been ill but a short time.
Active in political and public affairs during his long career in this state, he was once a candidate for the United States senate, and he was one of the attorneys who led the successful fight against the Wingfield bank reorganization in one of the most widely publicized lawsuits in Nevada history.
Hermon Richard Cooke was born January 31, 1873, in Bastrop, Tex., but went to the northwest when a boy. He was educated in the public schools of the state of Washington, then attended Whitman college in Walla Walla. He read law in the office of Sen. William E. Boran at Boise, Idaho where he was admitted to practice law in 1895. Three years later he moved to Nevada, settling in Tuscarora, then a booming mining town. He practiced there and in Elko until he removed to Reno where he was the law partner of the late E. L. Williams, later forming a partnership with the late Albert D. Ayres.
In Legislature
In 1903 he represented Washoe county in the state legislature for one term and drafted the original charter for the city of Reno, and also for Sparks. From that time, he took a vital interest in legislative matters and his advice was frequently sought by the lawmakers regardless of party affiliation.
Greatly interested in mining activities and litigation, in 1906 he went to Tonopah, then the mining center of the west. During his practice there, he took part in some of the most important mining litigation of the period, including trials for the Tonopah Mining Co. interests and the late John G. Kirchen, and also as attorney and director of the Round Mountain Mines co. The often-mentioned White Caps Morning Glory and Love vs. Mt. Oddie cases brought him wide recognition. For a time in Tonopah he was in partnership with the late C. H. (Bert) Melntosh.
Returning to Reno in 1930 he formed a law partnership at Toropah with William D. Halton now district judge at Tonopah, and in Reno he joined LeRoy N. French and the late Roy W. Stoddard. The firm of Cooke, French & Stoddard took part in many important water and mining cases.
From 1933 to 1949 he practiced alone until his son, Thomas A. Cooke, joined him in the present firm of Cooke & Cooke.
Political Power
A solid Democrat, he was long a power in state politics. He was chairman of the Nye county Democratic state central committee in 1926-28. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1928. He constantly opposed the bi-partisan control that ruled Nevada politics for so many years. He entered the 1934 primary against Sen. Key Pittman, knowing that he was opposing the full weight of the bi-partisan machine, the rulers of the Democratic party and the host of federal job-holders who owed their positions and allegiance to Pittman. He lost the nomination by a 9140 margin.
He was a member of the American Bar association, the Nevada and California state bars, and was a former president and a member of the board of directors of the Nevada bar. He also was active in the Washoe County Bar association. For many years he had been a member of Reno lodge No. 597 of Elks.
In 1910 he married Miss Annie C. McSorley of Mokelumne Hill, Calif., who at that time was the official court reporter at Tonopah. The couple had two sons, Dr. Herman Richard Cooke, Jr., now a geologist with a large mining company in Peru, and Thomas A. Cooke of Reno.
Surviving are his widow and two sons, a daughter, Eulalie Neilson of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Oscar F. Cooke and Joseph Cooke of Portland, Ore. Five grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements are pending and the announcement will be made by the Keiper and Walton funeral home of 875 West Second St.
March 15, 1952 – Reno Evening Gazzette
March 16, 1952--Reno Evening Gazzette
Ill from a heart ailment for more than a year, Hermon Richard Cooke, one of Nevada's eminent attorneys and a pioneer member of the Nevada Bar, died Friday night at the hospital here. He was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago.
Funeral services are being arranged by the Keiper & Walton Funeral Home and will be hald at their chapel at 2 pm Tuesday under the auspices of the Reno Lodge of Elks. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa cemetery.
H. R. Cooke, one of Nevada's most prominent attorneys, and a resident of this state since 1898, died Friday evening at a local hospital. Seventy-nine years old, he had been ill but a short time.
Active in political and public affairs during his long career in this state, he was once a candidate for the United States senate, and he was one of the attorneys who led the successful fight against the Wingfield bank reorganization in one of the most widely publicized lawsuits in Nevada history.
Hermon Richard Cooke was born January 31, 1873, in Bastrop, Tex., but went to the northwest when a boy. He was educated in the public schools of the state of Washington, then attended Whitman college in Walla Walla. He read law in the office of Sen. William E. Boran at Boise, Idaho where he was admitted to practice law in 1895. Three years later he moved to Nevada, settling in Tuscarora, then a booming mining town. He practiced there and in Elko until he removed to Reno where he was the law partner of the late E. L. Williams, later forming a partnership with the late Albert D. Ayres.
In Legislature
In 1903 he represented Washoe county in the state legislature for one term and drafted the original charter for the city of Reno, and also for Sparks. From that time, he took a vital interest in legislative matters and his advice was frequently sought by the lawmakers regardless of party affiliation.
Greatly interested in mining activities and litigation, in 1906 he went to Tonopah, then the mining center of the west. During his practice there, he took part in some of the most important mining litigation of the period, including trials for the Tonopah Mining Co. interests and the late John G. Kirchen, and also as attorney and director of the Round Mountain Mines co. The often-mentioned White Caps Morning Glory and Love vs. Mt. Oddie cases brought him wide recognition. For a time in Tonopah he was in partnership with the late C. H. (Bert) Melntosh.
Returning to Reno in 1930 he formed a law partnership at Toropah with William D. Halton now district judge at Tonopah, and in Reno he joined LeRoy N. French and the late Roy W. Stoddard. The firm of Cooke, French & Stoddard took part in many important water and mining cases.
From 1933 to 1949 he practiced alone until his son, Thomas A. Cooke, joined him in the present firm of Cooke & Cooke.
Political Power
A solid Democrat, he was long a power in state politics. He was chairman of the Nye county Democratic state central committee in 1926-28. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1928. He constantly opposed the bi-partisan control that ruled Nevada politics for so many years. He entered the 1934 primary against Sen. Key Pittman, knowing that he was opposing the full weight of the bi-partisan machine, the rulers of the Democratic party and the host of federal job-holders who owed their positions and allegiance to Pittman. He lost the nomination by a 9140 margin.
He was a member of the American Bar association, the Nevada and California state bars, and was a former president and a member of the board of directors of the Nevada bar. He also was active in the Washoe County Bar association. For many years he had been a member of Reno lodge No. 597 of Elks.
In 1910 he married Miss Annie C. McSorley of Mokelumne Hill, Calif., who at that time was the official court reporter at Tonopah. The couple had two sons, Dr. Herman Richard Cooke, Jr., now a geologist with a large mining company in Peru, and Thomas A. Cooke of Reno.
Surviving are his widow and two sons, a daughter, Eulalie Neilson of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Oscar F. Cooke and Joseph Cooke of Portland, Ore. Five grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements are pending and the announcement will be made by the Keiper and Walton funeral home of 875 West Second St.
March 15, 1952 – Reno Evening Gazzette
March 16, 1952--Reno Evening Gazzette
Ill from a heart ailment for more than a year, Hermon Richard Cooke, one of Nevada's eminent attorneys and a pioneer member of the Nevada Bar, died Friday night at the hospital here. He was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago.
Funeral services are being arranged by the Keiper & Walton Funeral Home and will be hald at their chapel at 2 pm Tuesday under the auspices of the Reno Lodge of Elks. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa cemetery.
Leading Nevada Attorney Passes, H.R. Cooke, Active in State Life Since 1898 Dies in Reno
H. R. Cooke, one of Nevada's most prominent attorneys, and a resident of this state since 1898, died Friday evening at a local hospital. Seventy-nine years old, he had been ill but a short time.
Active in political and public affairs during his long career in this state, he was once a candidate for the United States senate, and he was one of the attorneys who led the successful fight against the Wingfield bank reorganization in one of the most widely publicized lawsuits in Nevada history.
Hermon Richard Cooke was born January 31, 1873, in Bastrop, Tex., but went to the northwest when a boy. He was educated in the public schools of the state of Washington, then attended Whitman college in Walla Walla. He read law in the office of Sen. William E. Boran at Boise, Idaho where he was admitted to practice law in 1895. Three years later he moved to Nevada, settling in Tuscarora, then a booming mining town. He practiced there and in Elko until he removed to Reno where he was the law partner of the late E. L. Williams, later forming a partnership with the late Albert D. Ayres.
In Legislature
In 1903 he represented Washoe county in the state legislature for one term and drafted the original charter for the city of Reno, and also for Sparks. From that time, he took a vital interest in legislative matters and his advice was frequently sought by the lawmakers regardless of party affiliation.
Greatly interested in mining activities and litigation, in 1906 he went to Tonopah, then the mining center of the west. During his practice there, he took part in some of the most important mining litigation of the period, including trials for the Tonopah Mining Co. interests and the late John G. Kirchen, and also as attorney and director of the Round Mountain Mines co. The often-mentioned White Caps Morning Glory and Love vs. Mt. Oddie cases brought him wide recognition. For a time in Tonopah he was in partnership with the late C. H. (Bert) Melntosh.
Returning to Reno in 1930 he formed a law partnership at Toropah with William D. Halton now district judge at Tonopah, and in Reno he joined LeRoy N. French and the late Roy W. Stoddard. The firm of Cooke, French & Stoddard took part in many important water and mining cases.
From 1933 to 1949 he practiced alone until his son, Thomas A. Cooke, joined him in the present firm of Cooke & Cooke.
Political Power
A solid Democrat, he was long a power in state politics. He was chairman of the Nye county Democratic state central committee in 1926-28. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1928. He constantly opposed the bi-partisan control that ruled Nevada politics for so many years. He entered the 1934 primary against Sen. Key Pittman, knowing that he was opposing the full weight of the bi-partisan machine, the rulers of the Democratic party and the host of federal job-holders who owed their positions and allegiance to Pittman. He lost the nomination by a 9140 margin.
He was a member of the American Bar association, the Nevada and California state bars, and was a former president and a member of the board of directors of the Nevada bar. He also was active in the Washoe County Bar association. For many years he had been a member of Reno lodge No. 597 of Elks.
In 1910 he married Miss Annie C. McSorley of Mokelumne Hill, Calif., who at that time was the official court reporter at Tonopah. The couple had two sons, Dr. Herman Richard Cooke, Jr., now a geologist with a large mining company in Peru, and Thomas A. Cooke of Reno.
Surviving are his widow and two sons, a daughter, Eulalie Neilson of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Oscar F. Cooke and Joseph Cooke of Portland, Ore. Five grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements are pending and the announcement will be made by the Keiper and Walton funeral home of 875 West Second St.
March 15, 1952 – Reno Evening Gazzette
March 16, 1952--Reno Evening Gazzette
Ill from a heart ailment for more than a year, Hermon Richard Cooke, one of Nevada's eminent attorneys and a pioneer member of the Nevada Bar, died Friday night at the hospital here. He was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago.
Funeral services are being arranged by the Keiper & Walton Funeral Home and will be hald at their chapel at 2 pm Tuesday under the auspices of the Reno Lodge of Elks. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa cemetery.
H. R. Cooke, one of Nevada's most prominent attorneys, and a resident of this state since 1898, died Friday evening at a local hospital. Seventy-nine years old, he had been ill but a short time.
Active in political and public affairs during his long career in this state, he was once a candidate for the United States senate, and he was one of the attorneys who led the successful fight against the Wingfield bank reorganization in one of the most widely publicized lawsuits in Nevada history.
Hermon Richard Cooke was born January 31, 1873, in Bastrop, Tex., but went to the northwest when a boy. He was educated in the public schools of the state of Washington, then attended Whitman college in Walla Walla. He read law in the office of Sen. William E. Boran at Boise, Idaho where he was admitted to practice law in 1895. Three years later he moved to Nevada, settling in Tuscarora, then a booming mining town. He practiced there and in Elko until he removed to Reno where he was the law partner of the late E. L. Williams, later forming a partnership with the late Albert D. Ayres.
In Legislature
In 1903 he represented Washoe county in the state legislature for one term and drafted the original charter for the city of Reno, and also for Sparks. From that time, he took a vital interest in legislative matters and his advice was frequently sought by the lawmakers regardless of party affiliation.
Greatly interested in mining activities and litigation, in 1906 he went to Tonopah, then the mining center of the west. During his practice there, he took part in some of the most important mining litigation of the period, including trials for the Tonopah Mining Co. interests and the late John G. Kirchen, and also as attorney and director of the Round Mountain Mines co. The often-mentioned White Caps Morning Glory and Love vs. Mt. Oddie cases brought him wide recognition. For a time in Tonopah he was in partnership with the late C. H. (Bert) Melntosh.
Returning to Reno in 1930 he formed a law partnership at Toropah with William D. Halton now district judge at Tonopah, and in Reno he joined LeRoy N. French and the late Roy W. Stoddard. The firm of Cooke, French & Stoddard took part in many important water and mining cases.
From 1933 to 1949 he practiced alone until his son, Thomas A. Cooke, joined him in the present firm of Cooke & Cooke.
Political Power
A solid Democrat, he was long a power in state politics. He was chairman of the Nye county Democratic state central committee in 1926-28. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1928. He constantly opposed the bi-partisan control that ruled Nevada politics for so many years. He entered the 1934 primary against Sen. Key Pittman, knowing that he was opposing the full weight of the bi-partisan machine, the rulers of the Democratic party and the host of federal job-holders who owed their positions and allegiance to Pittman. He lost the nomination by a 9140 margin.
He was a member of the American Bar association, the Nevada and California state bars, and was a former president and a member of the board of directors of the Nevada bar. He also was active in the Washoe County Bar association. For many years he had been a member of Reno lodge No. 597 of Elks.
In 1910 he married Miss Annie C. McSorley of Mokelumne Hill, Calif., who at that time was the official court reporter at Tonopah. The couple had two sons, Dr. Herman Richard Cooke, Jr., now a geologist with a large mining company in Peru, and Thomas A. Cooke of Reno.
Surviving are his widow and two sons, a daughter, Eulalie Neilson of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Oscar F. Cooke and Joseph Cooke of Portland, Ore. Five grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral arrangements are pending and the announcement will be made by the Keiper and Walton funeral home of 875 West Second St.
March 15, 1952 – Reno Evening Gazzette
March 16, 1952--Reno Evening Gazzette
Ill from a heart ailment for more than a year, Hermon Richard Cooke, one of Nevada's eminent attorneys and a pioneer member of the Nevada Bar, died Friday night at the hospital here. He was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago.
Funeral services are being arranged by the Keiper & Walton Funeral Home and will be hald at their chapel at 2 pm Tuesday under the auspices of the Reno Lodge of Elks. Burial will be in Mater Dolorosa cemetery.
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