Henry F. (Henry Frederick) Cochems

Born in 1875, Henry Frederick Cochems was a Wisconsin attorney and public figure whose career connected law, politics, and writing. Records from the Theodore Roosevelt Center show that he was active in Progressive Party circles and corresponded directly with Theodore Roosevelt, suggesting he was a trusted organizer in Roosevelt's political world.

As an author, he is chiefly remembered as a co-author of The Attempted Assassination of Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt (Milwaukee, 1912), a contemporary account of the attack on Roosevelt in Milwaukee. Library of Congress and Project Gutenberg records confirm the book and identify Cochems as one of its credited authors, preserving the work for later readers interested in Roosevelt, early twentieth-century politics, and eyewitness-style historical writing.

Cochems died in 1921. Although not widely remembered today as a literary figure, his writing remains valuable because it comes from someone close to the events he described, giving his work a direct, documentary feel that still appeals to readers of history and political biography.