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About Octavius Coke
Octavius Coke was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served in the North Carolina Senate and as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1891 to 1895. Born in Virginia, he read law and opened a legal practice in Williamsburg before enlisting in the Confederate States Army. He quickly attained the rank of captain and was wounded several times throughout the war. After the conflict ended he established a law practice in Edenton, North Carolina.
Everything about Octavius Coke →- Occupation
- secretary of state, lawyer, politician, soldier
- Position held
- North Carolina Secretary of State, North Carolina Secretary of State
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 4, 1840
- Died
- August 30, 1895