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COOLEY, D. N. (Lisbon, Grafton Co, NH, Nov. 7, 1825-New York, Nov. 12, 1892). President, [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK]]. Coming to Dubuque in 1854, Cooley, an attorney, was a member of several law firms including Samuels and Cooley; Cooley, Blatchley and Adams; and Cooley and Eighmey. | [[Image:DNCOOLEY.jpg|left|thumb|350px|D.N. COOLEY]]COOLEY, D. N. (Lisbon, Grafton Co, NH, Nov. 7, 1825-New York, Nov. 12, 1892). President, [[FIRST NATIONAL BANK]]. Coming to Dubuque in 1854, Cooley, an attorney, was a member of several law firms including Samuels and Cooley; Cooley, Blatchley and Adams; and Cooley and Eighmey. | ||
He was appointed by President Lincoln to become the Commissioner of South Carolina where he sold land within Union lines during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. Cooley acted as Secretary of the National Republican Congressional Committee during Lincoln's presidential campaign. | He was appointed by President Lincoln to become the Commissioner of South Carolina where he sold land within Union lines during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. Cooley acted as Secretary of the National Republican Congressional Committee during Lincoln's presidential campaign. | ||
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COOLEY, D. N. (Lisbon, Grafton Co, NH, Nov. 7, 1825-New York, Nov. 12, 1892). President, FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Coming to Dubuque in 1854, Cooley, an attorney, was a member of several law firms including Samuels and Cooley; Cooley, Blatchley and Adams; and Cooley and Eighmey.
He was appointed by President Lincoln to become the Commissioner of South Carolina where he sold land within Union lines during the CIVIL WAR. Cooley acted as Secretary of the National Republican Congressional Committee during Lincoln's presidential campaign.
Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Johnson in 1865, Cooley resigned in September 1866, and returned to his Dubuque law practice. Elected president of First National Bank in Dubuque, a position he held for twenty-one years, Cooley ran successfully for the Iowa Senate. In 1873 he was appointed Commissioner of the Vienna Exposition.
In addition to his bank position, Cooley served many years as President of the Board of Trustees for Cornell College to which he endowed the D. N. Cooley chair of civil engineering.