What is John Cooksey?
{{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = John Charles Cooksey | image = John Cooksey.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|8|20|}} | birth_place = [[Alexandria, Louisiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|4|1941|8|20}} | death_place = | office = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Louisiana]]'s [[Louisiana's 5th congressional district|5th]] district | term_start = January 3, 1997 | term_end = January 3, 2003 | predecessor = [[Cleo Fields]] (Redistricting) | successor = [[Rodney Alexander]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | relations = | spouse = Ann Grabill | children = 3 | education = [[Louisiana State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) | website = | footnotes = }} '''John Charles Cooksey''' (August 20, 1941 – June 4, 2022) was an American [[ophthalmologist]] and politician. He was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Louisiana's 5th congressional district]] from 1997 to 2003. Cooksey died on June 4, 2022, at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wbrz.com/news/former-louisiana-congressman-dies-saturday/|title = Former Louisiana Congressman dies Saturday|work = [[WBRZ]]|date = June 4, 2022|accessdate = June 4, 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{CongBio|C000735}} * [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2002/races/la_cooksey.html Vote 2002 profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105200244/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2002/races/la_cooksey.html |date=2012-11-05 }}, [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] * [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/frosh/9612/19/ Congress freshmen 1997 profile], [[CNN]] * {{C-SPAN|46621}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooksey, John}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:United States representatives from Louisiana]] [[Category:Scientis