Cooper, George Henry – Cooper, Peter
Cooper, George Henry
naval officer, was born June 27, 1821, in New York.
He commanded the Pensacola navy yard; and from 1878 to 1880 was president of the board of inspection. In 1880 he took command of the navy yard at Brooklyn, and was promoted to be rear-admiral.
He was commander-in-chief of the Atlantic squadron, until his retirement in 1884. He died Nov. 17, 1891, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cooper, George William
lawyer, legislator, was born May 21, 1851, in Bartholomew county, Ind. He graduated from the Indiana university and has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Indiana. He has been mayor and prosecuting attorney of Columbus, Ind., and prosecuting attorney of his county. He served as a member of the fiftyfirst, fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat; and has always advocated a tariff measure limited to the wants of the government, administered with simplicity and economy; an advocate of sound finance; and in favor of all measures necessary for a stable government.
Cooper, Henry
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Aug. 22, 1827, in Columbia, Tenn. He was elected to the state legislature in 1853 and 1857, and in 1862 appointed judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Tennessee; resigned in 1866. He was chosen professor in the law school at Lebanon, Tenn., in 1866, and resigned in 1867, when he moved to Nashville.
He was elected to rethe state senate in 1869 and 1870, and was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1877.
Cooper, Henry Allen
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Walworth county, Wis. He was elected district attorney of Racine county, and was re-elected without opposition in 1882 and 1884. He was a delegate to the national republican convention of 1884; a member of the board of education of the city of Racine in 1886-87, and was a member of state senate 1887-89. He was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Cooper, Henry M
manufacturer, public official, was born May 13, 1841, in Chester, N. J. Since 1871 he has resided in Little Rock, Ark.; has been receiver of public moneys and collector of internal revenue, which latter position he filled for three terms. For twelve years he was secretary of the republican state committee, and has been its chairman several terms. For the past twenty years he has been engaged in manufacturing, and is the president of the Little Rock Cooperage company, one of the largest corporations in that business in the state. He is also president of the Union Compress company, a wealthy corporation of his state.
Cooper, Horace Clark
JR., merchant, printer, publisher, was born May 6, 1849, in Lake Mills, Wis. He has compiled and published a number of biographical works; and since 1873 has been president of the American Biographical Publishing company of Chicago, Ill. He is closely identified with the foremost publishing houses of Chicago, as president of the Brown-Cooper Typesetting company, the largest and most complete linotype composing establishment west of New York.
Cooper, James
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born May 8, 1810, in Frederick county, Md. He was elected a representative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1838, and re-elected in 1840. In 1843 he was elected to the state legislature, and re-elected in 1844, 1846 and 1848, serving speaker in 1847. In 1848 he was appointed attorney-general of Pennsylvania; and as in 1849 was chosen a senator in congress for the term of six years. He afterwards became a brigadiergeneral in the army. He died March 28, 1863, in Columbus, Ohio.
Cooper, James B
naval officer, was born March 6, 1753, in Bucks county, Pa.
In 1812 he entered the navy as master, and served in that capacity during the war.
He was promoted to lieutenant in 1822, and became commander in 1841. He died Feb. 5, 1854, in Haddonfield, N. J.
Cooper, James Campbell
mineralogist, was born June 16, 1832, in Baltimore, Md. He has taken great interest in the study of geology and mineralogy, and has collected, located, and named fully 50,000 specimens of minerals, including a collection of 9,000 specimens that he presented the university of Kansas.
Cooper, James E
showman, was born Nov. 4, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He entered the circus business in partnership with P. T. Barnum, W. W. Cole and James L. Hutchinson, the show taking the name of P. T. Barnum and Company's Greatest Show on Earth. At the close of 1887 he sold his interest to James A. Bailey and retired with the intention of devoting the remainder of his days to the enjoyment of the fortune he had amassed, but the fascination and excitement of the circus arena tempted him forth once more, and, in 1890, he purchased the Adam Forepaugh shows, and he died while in the harness. He died Jan. 1, 1892, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Cooper, James Fenimore
author, was born Sept. 15, 1789, in Burlington, N.
J. He was the first American writer to gain general Eurorecognition, pean and the first native novelist who won a national reputation.
Although much that he wrote is nearly forgotten, the best of his work survives and is still popular.
His first novel, Precaution, conventional, mediocre piece of writing, apa peared in 1820, and was followed, in 1821, by The Spy, the most famous of all his books, having been translated into all the principal languages of Europe. Almost as famous is The Last of the Mohicans, a much greater work. Among his tales of the sea, The Pilot, and The Red Rover are the best, as the five Leather Stocking Tales-the Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, The Prairie-are the best of his stories of Indian life. His other fictions include The Bravo; Lionel Lincoln, or The Leaguer of Boston; The Water- Witch; The Two Admirals; The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish; The Heidenmauer; The Headsman; Homeward Bound; Home as Found; The Monikins, the weakest of all his works; Mercedes of Castile; Wingand-Wing; Wyandotte; Afloat and Ashore; Satanstoe; The Chainbearer; The Red Skins; Jack Tier; The Crater; The Oak Openings; The Sea Lions; The Ways of the Hour; and Miles Wallingford. He wrote, also, History of the United States Navy; Sketches of Switzerland; Gleanings in Europe, and Notions of the Americans. He died Sept. 14, 1851, in Cooperstown, N. Y.
Cooper, Job A
banker, governor, was born Nov. 6, 1843. His interest in public affairs led to his service in the Denver city council in 1876 and his election as treasurer of the state university at Boulder. In 1889 he was made governor of the state for two years. He was for some time president of the First National bank, and is now president of the National Bank of Commerce.
Cooper, John
congressman. He was a delegate from New Jersey to the continental congress in 1776.
Cooper, Joseph Alexander
soldier, was born Nov. 25, 1823, in Somerset, Ky. He served during the Mexican war.
In 1864 he was made a brigadier-general, in which capacity he commanded on the march through Georgia, receiving the brevet of major-general in 1865. He held the office of collector of internal revenue in Tennessee from 1869 till 1879, and later, again resumed his farming in Kansas.
Cooper, Mark Anthony
congressman, was born April 20, 1800, in Hancock county, Ga. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1843.
He died March 17, 1885.
Cooper, Mary Catherine Ryan
educator, artist, poet, was born in 1863, in Louisiana. After receiving a thorough education from the Wheeling Female college of West Virginia, she entered educational work. She is the author of a volume entitled Poems of Hope; has contributed extensively to current literature, and is an artist of rare ability.
Cooper, Myles
clergyman, author, was born in 1735 in England. He was an episcopal clergyman who came to America in 1762, and was president of Columbia college in 1763-75. Being an ardent loyalist, he was obliged to leave the colony, and returned to England. He was the author of Friendly Advice to All Reasonable Americans on Our Political Confusions; Poems on Several Occasions; Address to the Episcopalians of Virginia; and The American Querist. He died in 1785.
Cooper, Peter
manufacturer, philanthropist, was born Feb. 12, 1791, in New York city. He was apprenticed to a coach maker; then he manufactured machines for shearing cloth; then made furniture; then conducted a grocery; and then began the manufacture of glue and isinglass, which he continued for fifty years. He also erected iron mills, and manufactured railroad iron and architectural beams, and built the first locomotive engine in America. He became wealthy and built the Cooper institute. He was one of the six capitalists who formed the first Atlantic Telegraph company in 1854. He was the author of Ideas for a System of Good Government; and Financial Opinions, with Autobiography. He died April 4, 1883, in New York city.