Charles A. Cook

Charles A. Cook (died March 18, 1878) was an American politician. He was an early settler of present-day Colorado He was the second mayor of Denver, Colorado, serving from November 1861, when Denver was part of the Kansas Territory, until April 1863. He succeeded John C. Moore, who served as mayor 1859 to 1861 when Denver was part of the provisional Jefferson Territory. Cook, Moffat, and Irving W. Stanton were tried for conspiracy to defraud the government in 1875, and were represented by among the state's best attorneys. The case resulted in a hung jury. The case was then tried in 1878 in the U.S. District Court, but the charges were dropped for lack of evidence. Most newspapers at the time reported it as a fraudulent land deal.

Death He died on March 18, 1878, while visiting Hot Springs, Arkansas to improve his faltering health. His remains were returned to Colorado where he was buried in Denver's Riverside Cemetery on March 23, 1878.