Robert E Cook

Robert Eugene Cook (May 19, 1920 – November 28, 1988) was an American politician of the Democratic party from Kent, Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963. He also served as a common pleas judge from 1963–1969 and as a judge in Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals from 1969-1988. He is a 1938 graduate of Kent State High School and served in World War II as a member of the United States Air Force from 1942-1946. He graduated from Kent State University in 1947 and from the College of William and Mary School of Law in 1950. He was a cousin of former Ohio Representative Vernon Cook.