Frederick Cox

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 16, 1828 in Somersetshire, England
Married: Jennie A. Holdbridge (m. 1857)
Children: Crawford J., Jennie Peltier, Fredda, Emma, and Frederick
Died: March 25, 1906 in Sacramento Co., CA

1878-1882: Trustee, California State Library
1881-1900s: Member, California State Bank board of directors
1887-1903: Director, State Board of Agriculture
1894: President, California State Bank

• There is no known relation between Senator Frederick Cox and Senator Dave Cox (also of Sacramento County) who served in the 1990s-2000s.
• OBITUARY: "Throughout years of activity, no scandal ever attached to his name. He was the soul of honor and his word was held to be equivalent to his note of hand." [Oakland Tribune]

Source: "The Legislature." Sacramento Daily Record-Union, 1 January 1883, Page 12.
Source: "FREDERICK COX PASSES TO THE BEYOND," Sacramento Union, Volume 111, Number 33, 26 March 1906
Source: "Senator Frederick Cox Dies at Sacramento" Oakland Tribune, Mon, 3/26/1906, p 16