George Cosson

George W. Cosson (January 21, 1876 – June 15, 1963) was the Attorney General of Iowa from 1911 until 1917.

Early life

Cosson was born in Laclede County, Missouri. Cosson won with 1,778 votes compared to Knapp's 1,005 votes. Graham won with 1,259 votes against Cosson's 1,233 votes, a difference of only 26 votes.

Assistant Attorney General

In May 1907, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of Iowa. He served in that position until May 1908, when he resigned to resume practicing law in Audubon.

Iowa State Senate

On June 2, 1908, Cosson won the Republican primary with 2,871 votes against Democrat W. C. Elliott's 2,424 votes. On November 3, 1908, he won in the general election with 6,991 votes against Democrat J. S. McLuen's 4,123 votes.

He represented District 17 from 1909 to 1911. He was the chairman of the Suppression of Intemperance Committee. Cosson won with 204,918 votes against Walters 165,659 votes. Cosson again won with 196,369 votes against Walters 180,465 votes.

He later ran in the 1932 US Senate Republican primary. He ran against Henry Ames Field, incumbent Senator Smith W. Brookhart, former Iowa State Auditor Glenn C. Haynes, Louis Cook and L. E. Eickelberg. Jennie was a principal at the Audubon schools for 2 years. She died of pneumonia. He died in Des Moines on June 15, 1963.