Richard M. Cooper

Richard Matlack Cooper (born February 29, 1768 in Gloucester County , Province of New Jersey , †  March 10, 1843 in Camden , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Cooper attended public schools in his home country. He later worked in the banking industry. Between 1795 and 1799 he was also official coroner ( coroner ). From 1803 to 1823 he served as a judge in Gloucester County. Between 1813 and 1842, Cooper was President of the State Bank of New Jersey in Camden. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1807 and 1810 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson . At the end of that decade he became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1828 , Cooper was elected for the first seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Thomas Sinnickson on March 4, 1829 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1833 . After President Jackson took office in 1829, there was heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1832 Richard Cooper declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died on March 10, 1843 in Camden, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Richard M. Cooper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard M. Cooper in the database of Find a Grave (English)