Vernon Cook

Vernon Cook
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 43rd district
In office
January 3, 1973 – November 23, 1987
Preceded byMorris Boyd
Succeeded byWayne Jones
Personal details
Born(1927-07-10)July 10, 1927
Kent, Ohio
DiedNovember 23, 1987(1987-11-23) (aged 60)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materOhio State University

Vernon Floyd Cook (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 1987) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[1] and former faculty member of the University of Akron Political Science Department.

Cook was the first Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.[2]

He was a cousin of former U.S. Representative Robert E. Cook.

  1. ^ The Ohio House of Representatives: Rep. Vernon Cook (D-Akron)
  2. ^ Scott, Dave (24 April 1986), "Cook to Head Institute, Keep House Job", Akron Beacon Journal, pp. D1