Myers Y. Cooper

Myers Young Cooper (born November 25, 1873 in St. Louisville , Ohio , † December 6, 1958 in Cincinnati , Ohio) was an American politician and from 1929 to 1931 the 51st governor of the state of Ohio.

Early years

Born on a farm in Licking County , Cooper studied at Lebanon Normal University in Ohio. He then went into real estate in Cincinnati. He later expanded his business activities into other areas such as home construction, timber trading and coal mining.

Political career

Myers Cooper belonged to the Republican Party , which he left briefly between 1912 and 1916 to join the so-called Bull Moose movement around Theodore Roosevelt . But in 1916 he returned to the Republicans. Cooper served as president of the Ohio Trade Show Exhibitors Association for eleven years. He also served as president of a joint council of the various churches in his home state. Cooper has also been a delegate on several occasions at his party's federal and state party conferences since 1916. In 1928 he was elected governor of his state, where he prevailed with 54.8 percent of the vote against the Democrat Martin Davey .

Cooper began his two-year term on January 14, 1929. He maintained a good relationship with the legislature, which made it easier for him to govern. In his day, control of the utilities was improved, as were electoral and banking laws. The road traffic law was also adapted to the higher volume of traffic. Cooper also cared about the environment and the natural resources of his state. The second part of his tenure was overshadowed by the aftermath of the New York stock market crash of October 1929. The now beginning global economic crisis also hit Ohio. In 1930, Governor Cooper ran for re-election without success. Therefore, he had to resign on January 12, 1931.

Another résumé

In the gubernatorial elections of 1932, Cooper failed in the primary elections. Between 1938 and 1941 he was the chairman of a commission of real estate dealers, which dealt with the taxation of their business. He also performed various other functions. Myers Cooper died in December 1958. He was married to Martha Kinney, with whom he had two children.

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SURNAME	Cooper, Myers Y.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cooper, Myers Young (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 25, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	near St. Louisville , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	December 6, 1958
Place of death	Cincinnati , Ohio