William Gordon Cooke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New Orleans druggist from Virginia
Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1803
Place of Birth: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 24-Dec-1847
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About William Gordon Cooke
- William Gordon Cooke (1803-1847), was a New Orleans druggist from Virginia, who volunteered for service in the Texas Revolution; fighting at Béxar and San Jacinto, he rose to the rank of major in the Texian Army.
- In the Republic he held a number of military and civilian appointments; as commissioner to the Comanches he participated in the Council House Fight, and as colonel of the First Texas Infantry he became the last commanding officer of the Regular Texas Army.
- After its disbandment, Cooke participated in the Santa Fe Expedition and sat imprisoned in Mexico City.
- Back in Texas, he fought the Mexicans at Arroyo Hondo, and in the naval battles of Campeche.
- The last Secretary of war of the Republic, he was also the State of Texas' first Adjutant general.
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