Editing Daniel Pope Cook (section)

{{Short description|American politician in Illinois (1794-1827)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Daniel Pope Cook
| office        = Auditor of Public Accounts of [[Illinois Territory]]
| image         = Daniel Pope Cook (Illinois Congressman).jpg
| caption       = From Volume 1 (1889) of ''Illinois, Historical and Statistical''
| preceded      = [[H.H. Maxwell]]
| succeeded     = Robert Blackwell
| office2       = [[Illinois Attorney General]]
| preceded2     = Position established
| state         = Illinois
| succeeded2    = [[William Mears (politician)|William Mears]]
| term          = 1816-1817
| term2         = 1819
| party         = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] (until 1826)<br>
[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] (after 1826)
| birth_date    = {{birth year|1794}}
| birth_place   = [[Scott County, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1827|10|16|1794||}}
| death_place   = Scott County, Kentucky, U.S.
| resting_place = [[Oak Ridge Cemetery]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Julia Catherine Edwards|1821}}
| children      =
| alma_mater    =
| profession    = Politician, lawyer, newspaper publisher
| signature     = Signature of Daniel Pope Cook (1794–1827).png
| state3        = [[Illinois]]
| office3       = Member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Illinois's At-large congressional district|Illinois's at-large congressional district]]
| term_start3   = March 4, 1819
| term_end3     = March 3, 1827
| predecessor3  = [[John McLean (Illinois politician)|John McLean]]
| successor3    = [[Joseph Duncan (politician)|Joseph Duncan]]
|}}

'''Daniel Pope Cook''' (1794 – October 16, 1827) was a politician, lawyer and newspaper publisher from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. An anti-slavery advocate, he was the state's first [[Illinois attorney general|attorney general]], and then became a congressman.  He is the [[namesake]] of [[Cook County, Illinois]].