Samuel Cox

Samuel Cox

Samuel Sullivan Cox was a journalist and a Congressman. He was also known as “Sunset” Cox. He accomplished multiple achievements in his lifetime (Taxi!). Cox was born in September 30th, 1824 in Zanesville, Ohio. There, he attended Ohio University but later transferred to Brown University where he graduated with a Law Degree in the year 1846. After graduating, he returned to Ohio and opened a law practice in the city of Cincinnati (Samuel S.).

Samuel Cox entered the newspaper business in 1853. He received the nickname “Sunset” (2) Cox because of an article he wrote in his newspaper about the sunset on the previous day. The way that he described the sunset excited people and it sent out a message to people to simply enjoy life. (Taxi!). Soon after this he became the chief editor of the Ohio Statesmen (1) in Columbus, Ohio (Samuel S.). Samuel Cox was very involved with the Democratic Party. He used the newspaper to spread his Democratic beliefs in to the state. Through his newspaper, he got known and was assigned to be the ambassador of Peru in the year 1855 (Cox). He served for a small amount of time, but this still played a large role in helping him get elected to the House of Representatives.

After he returned home from Peru he had the support of many of the people in Ohio. They liked what he had done and was elected to the House of Representatives for Ohio. He served four years in office. His tenure most likely would have continued, however he lost the support of many of the people simply because they supported the war benefit and Cox was completely against it. This caused Cox to lose many of the votes that he had gained at his previous election and ultimately lost him the election of 1864 (Cox).

Cox had a firm belief against slavery and the expansion of slavery. He believed that the new states or territories should not be allowed to have slaves. As with the war benefits, most of the members in the Democratic...