William C. Cooper

William C. Cooper

William Craig Cooper (born December 18, 1832 in Mount Vernon , Ohio , †  August 29, 1902 ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cooper attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Mount Vernon Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1852, he began to work in Mount Vernon in this profession. Between 1859 and 1863 he was a district attorney in Knox County . During the Civil War , he was a colonel in an Ohio infantry regiment that was only recruited for 100 days. Between 1862 and 1864, Cooper served as mayor of his hometown of Mount Vernon. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . From 1872 to 1874 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; from 1879 to 1884 he held the office of Judge Advocate General of Ohio . He was also a member and president of the Mount Vernon Education Committee.

In the congressional elections of 1884 , Cooper was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded James Sidney Robinson, who had since stepped down, on March 4, 1885 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1891 . In 1890 he renounced another candidacy. After serving in the US House of Representatives, Cooper returned to practice as a lawyer. He died on August 29, 1902 in Mount Vernon, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William C. Cooper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William C. Cooper in the database of Find a Grave (English)