Myers Y. Cooper

Myers Young Cooper (November 25, 1873 – December 6, 1958) was a Republican politician from Ohio. Cooper was the 51st Governor of Ohio.

circa 1912

Born In St. Louisville, Ohio, the youngest of eleven children, Cooper had a public school education, and attended the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio for three years. In 1893, at age 20, he joined his brothers in Cincinnati in a large real-estate and homebuilding business. On December 15, 1897, he married Martha Kinney of Newport, Kentucky. His business interests also included lumber, building supplies and banking.^[1] He won election to the governorship in 1928, serving from 1929-1931.

His former home is now the grounds for Clark Montessori High School.

References

1. ^ Goss, Charles Fredric (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912. 4. Cincinnati: S J Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 466–469. http://books.google.com/books?id=pBEWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA466. 

External links

• Find-A-Grave profile for Myers Y. Cooper

Political offices
Preceded by A. Victor Donahey	Governor of Ohio 1929–1931	Succeeded by George White

Persondata
Name	Cooper, Myles
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 25, 1873
Place of birth
Date of death	December 6, 1958
Place of death