Henry Cooper | |
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United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Joseph S. Fowler |
Succeeded by | Isham G. Harris |
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
In office 1853-1855 1857-1859 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Columbia, Tennessee, US | August 22, 1827
Died | February 4, 1884 Tierra Blanca, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico | (aged 56)
Political party | Democratic |
Henry Cooper (August 22, 1827 – February 4, 1884) was a Tennessee attorney, judge, and politician who served one term in the United States Senate, 1871–1877. During his career, Cooper had various political affiliations, including Whig, Know Nothing, and Democrat. [1]
Henry Cooper was born on August 22, 1827, in Columbia, Tennessee. [2] He had three brothers, including William Frierson Cooper and Edmund Cooper, and two half-brothers, including Duncan Brown Cooper. [1]
Cooper attended Dixon Academy in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and graduated from Jackson College in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1847. [2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. [2]
Cooper served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855 and again from 1857 to 1859. [2] He was appointed judge of the former 7th Judicial Circuit in April, 1862. [1] In January, 1866 he resigned this position and moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, where he became a professor at the Cumberland School of Law. [2] In 1867 he moved to Nashville, where he served in the Tennessee State Senate, 1869-1870. [2]
The Tennessee General Assembly elected him to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1871. [2] He did not seek another term, and his Senate service ended on March 3, 1877. [2]
By the early 1880s, he was engaged in mining operations in Tierra Blanca, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico. [2]
Cooper was murdered there by bandits on February 4, 1884. [3] He was buried nearby, and a cenotaph to his memory was erected at Old City Cemetery in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Henry Cooper | |
---|---|
United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Joseph S. Fowler |
Succeeded by | Isham G. Harris |
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
In office 1853-1855 1857-1859 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Columbia, Tennessee, US | August 22, 1827
Died | February 4, 1884 Tierra Blanca, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico | (aged 56)
Political party | Democratic |
Henry Cooper (August 22, 1827 – February 4, 1884) was a Tennessee attorney, judge, and politician who served one term in the United States Senate, 1871–1877. During his career, Cooper had various political affiliations, including Whig, Know Nothing, and Democrat. [1]
Henry Cooper was born on August 22, 1827, in Columbia, Tennessee. [2] He had three brothers, including William Frierson Cooper and Edmund Cooper, and two half-brothers, including Duncan Brown Cooper. [1]
Cooper attended Dixon Academy in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and graduated from Jackson College in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1847. [2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. [2]
Cooper served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855 and again from 1857 to 1859. [2] He was appointed judge of the former 7th Judicial Circuit in April, 1862. [1] In January, 1866 he resigned this position and moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, where he became a professor at the Cumberland School of Law. [2] In 1867 he moved to Nashville, where he served in the Tennessee State Senate, 1869-1870. [2]
The Tennessee General Assembly elected him to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1871. [2] He did not seek another term, and his Senate service ended on March 3, 1877. [2]
By the early 1880s, he was engaged in mining operations in Tierra Blanca, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico. [2]
Cooper was murdered there by bandits on February 4, 1884. [3] He was buried nearby, and a cenotaph to his memory was erected at Old City Cemetery in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress