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Cooper, Henry, 1827-1884

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Personal name headingCooper, Henry, 1827-1884
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Variant(s)Cooper, Mr. (Henry), 1827-1884
Birth date1827-08-22
Death date1884-02-04
Place of birthColumbia (Tenn.)
Place of deathTierra Blanca (Guadelupe y Calvo, Mexico)
AffiliationTennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators Judges
Found inIn the Senate of the United States. August 2, 1876, 1876 (Mr. Cooper)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 26, 2006 (Cooper, Henry; a Senator from Tenn.; b. Aug. 22, 1827; d. Feb. 4, 1884)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 2016 (Cooper, Henry, (brother of Edmund Cooper), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., on August 22, 1827; attended Dixon Academy, Shelbyville, Tenn., and graduated from Jackson (Tenn.) College in 1847; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Shelbyville; member, State house of representatives 1853-1855, 1857-1859; appointed judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Tennessee in April 1862 and resigned in January 1866; professor in the law school at Lebanon, Tenn. 1866-1867; moved to Nashville where he resumed the practice of law; member, State senate 1869-1870; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; was killed by bandits in Tierra Blanca, Guadelupe y Calvo, Mexico, on February 4, 1884, where he was engaged in mining operations; interment in Tierra Blanca.)