Walter Edwin Cork (April 29, 1886–December 7, 1958) was an American politician and businessman.
Cork was born on a farm in
Walnut Prairie, Illinois, in
Clark County, Illinois. He went to the Clark County public schools and to the Marshall Township High School. He worked in the retail merchandise and insurance businesses. Cork also worked as a collector for the Marshall Light & Water Plant. He live with his wife and family in
Marshall, Illinois. Cork served in the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
from 1925 to 1929 and was a
Republican. Cork died at Union Hospital in
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...
.
['Ex-Illinois Official Succumbs,' The Terre Haute Tribune (Indiana), December 8, 1958, pg. 2]
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1886 births
1958 deaths
People from Marshall, Illinois
Businesspeople from Illinois
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
20th-century American legislators
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century Illinois politicians
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