| LC control no. | nr 89000124 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hooper, W. H. (William Henry), 1813-1882 |
| Variant(s) | Hooper, William Henry, 1813-1882 |
| Biography/History note | William Henry Hooper (1813-1882) was a pioneer, businessman, and Utah congressman. |
| Birth date | 1813-12-25 |
| Death date | 1882-12-30 |
| Place of birth | Cambridge (Md.) |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Utah. Legislative Assembly Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution |
| Profession or occupation | Businessmen Legislators--United States |
| Special note | Hdg rev per Desc Pol |
| Found in | His The Utah bill, 1870: t.p. (Hon. W.H. Hooper, of Utah) NUC pre-56 (Hooper, William Henry, b. 1813) His Extension of boundaries. Speech of Hon. William H. Hooper, of Utah, 1869. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Hooper, William Henry; delegate from Territory of Utah; 1835 moved to Illinois and settled at Galena; engaged in trade on Mississippi; 1850 moved to Utah and settled at Salt Lake City; secretary of Territory; member state Senate; engaged in mercantile and mining operations in Salt Lake; b. Dec. 25, 1813; d. Dec. 30, 1882) Wikipedia, March 23, 2018 (William Henry Hooper; William Henry Hooper (December 25, 1813--December 30, 1882) was a U.S. Congressional delegate from the Territory of Utah, United States; born in Cambridge, Maryland; he engaged in mercantile pursuits and moved to Illinois in 1835 and settled in Galena, Illinois, where he engaged in trade on the Mississippi River; while in Illinois, he became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; he moved to Utah Territory in 1850 and settled in Salt Lake City; Hooper was secretary of Utah Territory in 1857 and 1858; he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859--March 3, 1861); he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; he served as a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1862; he was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865--March 3, 1873); he was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; he engaged in mercantile pursuits and mining operations in Salt Lake City; Hooper was superintendent of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) from 1873 to 1877, and its president from 1877 to 1882; he served as president of the Deseret National Bank, Salt Lake City, from 1872 until his death in Salt Lake City; he is the namesake of Hooper, Utah) |
| Associated language | eng |
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