| James Cooper | |
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| United States Senator from Pennsylvania | |
In office March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Simon Cameron |
| Succeeded by | William Bigler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 8, 1810 Frederick County, Maryland |
| Died | March 28, 1863 (aged 52) Columbus, Ohio |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Mary Miller Cooper |
| Alma mater | Washington & Jefferson College |
| 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.
General James Cooper
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 was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in May 1861. His brigade served in Franz Sigel's division during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In poor health, he was assigned as commandant of Camp Chase, a military staging, training and prison camp near Columbus, Ohio, where he died in 1863. James Cooper is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, near his birthplace in Frederick, Maryland.
See also[]
- List of American Civil War generals
- Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
References[]
External links[]
- James Cooper (Pennsylvania) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-12
- "James Cooper (Pennsylvania)". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
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