John Cochrane

       DEATH LIST OF A DAY.
        Gen. John Cochrane.
 Gen. John Cochrane, who died at his home,
7 East Sixty-second Street, Monday even-
ing, was born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1813. His grand-
father, for whom he was named, served as
surgeon in the British service during the
French and Indian war, which began in
1755, and in 1776 he volunteered in the hos-
pital department of the Revolutionary
Army, becoming Surgeon General and Di-
rector General of Hospitals. He married
Gertrude, a sister of Gen. Philip Schuyler.
 Gen. Cochrane studied at Union College
first, but went to Hamilton, where he was
graduated in 1831. Choosing law as his pro-
fession, he was admitted to the bar in 1834.
He practiced at Oswego and Schenectady 
for a time, and then came to New York
City, where he became active in politics as
a Democratic partisan. In 1852 he stumped
for Franklin Pierce, and made a reputation
as an orator. For his services in that cam-
paign President Pierce appointed him Sur-
veyor of the port in 1853, an office he filled
to 1857, when he was elected to congress.
He was a representative from this city un-
til 1861. On July 4, 1858, Gen. Cochrane
had the honor of being deputed by the
Common Council of New York City to es-
cort to Richmond, Va., the remains of
James Monroe, which had been buried here
since his death, in 1830.
 When the war of secession was begun, in
1861, Gen. Cochrane took a firm stand for
the Union. In June, 1861, he was commis-
sioned Colonel of the First United States
Chasseurs, which he commanded at Fair
Oaks, Malvern Hill, and other battles of
the Peninsular campaign. He was made
Brigadier General of Volunteers in July,
1862, and assigned to command a brigade
in Couch's division of the Army of the Po-
tomac. He was with the reserve at the 
battle of Antietam, but took an active
part in pursuit of the retreating enemy. He
resigned his commission in February, 1863,
in consequence of physical disability.
 In 1864 Gen. Cochrane was nominated by
the Independent Republican Convention at
Cleveland for Vice President of the ticket
with Gen. John C. Fremont for President,
but he withdrew from that movement in
order to insure Lincoln's re-election. In
1863 he was elected Attorney General of 
this State as a war Democrat. In 1869 he
was offered the mission to Paraguay and
Uraguay, which he declines. In 1872 he
took an active part in the fight against
Gen. Grant's re-election to the Presidency.
He was a delegate to the Liberal Republic-
an Convention at Cincinnati, and was an
earnest advocate of Horace Greeley's nomi-
nation. In 1872, and again in 1873, having
returned to Tammany and become a
Sachem, he was elected to the Common
Council of New York City, and was its
President. In 1872 he was acting mayor
during the temporary retirement of Mayor
Hall owing to the Tweed Ring disclosures.
He was appointed a Police Justice by
Mayor Grant, the last public office he held.
He did not care for this place, however,
and resigned it after a short tenure.
 Gen. Cochrane was a member of the So-
ciety of the Cincinnati, the Loyal Legion,
and the Sons of the Revolution. He was
unmarried. Funeral services will be held
at the house at 3 P.M. to-day. The burial
will be at Albany.