However, Cooke was most influential in his appointment as the director for the Rural Electrification Administration.

Cooke served as the director of the Rural Electrification Administration from May 1935 through March 1937.

Between 1935 to 1944, he worked concurrently as a special consultant to the Rural Electrification Administration.

The certificates are backed by the Federal Government through the Rural Electrification Administration.

Many of the remaining mostly rural households were electrified before 1950 by the Rural Electrification Administration.

Two years after the foundation, the cooperative laid a 10 mile submarine power cable with the support of a loan from the Rural Electrification Administration.

From 1935 to 1937 Loomis was director of the Rural Electrification Administration in Wisconsin.

Wickard resigned in 1945 to become chief of the Rural Electrification Administration, until 1953.

The Rural Electrification Administration used co-ops to bring electricity to rural areas, many of which still operate.

The Rural Electrification Administration, created in 1935, made long-term loans to state and local governments.