James Cooper (Pennsylvania)

Infobox Senator
name=James Cooper


jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Pennsylvania
party=Whig
term=March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
preceded=Simon Cameron
succeeded=William Bigler
date of birth=May 8, 1810
place of birth=Frederick County, Maryland
date of death=March 28, 1863
place of death=Columbus, Ohio
spouse=Jane Mary Miller Cooper
profession=Politician, Lawyer

James Cooper (May 8, 1810 – March 28, 1863) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician, who served in the United States Congress.

Cooper lived much of his life in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was its Speaker for a year. He represented Pennsylvania in both the United States Senate and the U.S. House.

When the American Civil War started, Cooper raised a brigade of volunteers in Maryland and campaigned as its commander and a brigadier general in 1861 and 1862. In poor health, he was assigned as commandant of Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio, where he died in 1863.

He is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, near his birthplace in Frederick, Maryland.

External links

CongBio|C000753 Retrieved on 2008-02-12
*findagrave|5894008 Retrieved on 2008-02-12

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