LC control no. | no2008124298 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Cooper, Henry, 1827-1884 |
Variant(s) | Cooper, Mr. (Henry), 1827-1884 |
Birth date | 1827-08-22 |
Death date | 1884-02-04 |
Place of birth | Columbia (Tenn.) |
Place of death | Tierra Blanca (Guadelupe y Calvo, Mexico) |
Affiliation | Tennessee. 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 occupation | Lawyers Legislators Judges |
Found in | In 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.) |