Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel Bronson Cooper (born May 30, 1850 in Eddyville , Caldwell County , Kentucky , †  August 21, 1918 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1909 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

In the year he was born, Samuel Cooper moved with his parents to Woodville , Texas, where he later attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1871, he began to work in Woodville in 1872 in this profession. Between 1876 and 1880 he was a prosecutor in Tyler County there . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Texas Senate from 1880 to 1884 . Between 1885 and 1888 he headed the tax office in the first financial district of that state. In 1888 he unsuccessfully applied for the position of judge.

In the congressional election of 1892 , Cooper was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Texas , where he succeeded John B. Long on March 4, 1893 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1905 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1904, Cooper lost to Moses L. Broocks . In the elections of 1906 he was re-elected to Congress in the second district of his state, where he replaced Broocks on March 4, 1907. Until March 3, 1909, he was able to spend another term in Congress. In 1908 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he became a member of the Advisory Committee of the New York Port Authority in 1910. He died there on August 21, 1918. He was buried in Beaumont .

Web links

• Samuel B. Cooper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel B. Cooper in the database of Find a Grave (English)