| − | In 1858, Cox was elected to the upper body of the Ohio state legislature.<ref name=battlefieldtrustbio/> Allying with senators [[James A. Garfield]] (future president) and James Monroe, Cox helped promote bills that benefited the Union. | + | In 1858, Cox was elected to the upper body of the Ohio state legislature.<ref name=battlefieldtrustbio/> Allying with senators [[James A. Garfield]] (future president) and James Monroe, Cox helped promote bills that benefited the Union in alliance with Governor William Dennison.<ref>[https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Jacob_D._Cox Jacob D. Cox]. ''Ohio History Central''. Retrieved December 12, 2021.</ref> |