James Cooper (Pennsylvania)

James Cooper
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1855
Preceded by	Simon Cameron
Succeeded by	William Bigler
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office July 31, 1848 – December 30, 1848
Preceded by	Benjamin Champneys
Succeeded by	Cornelius Darragh
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Daniel Sheffer
Succeeded by	Almon H. Read
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1840
Personal details
Born	(1810-05-08)May 8, 1810 Frederick County, Maryland
Died	March 28, 1863(1863-03-28) (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.

Biography

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.

Gallery

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  General James Cooper

See also

• List of American Civil War generals
• Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

External links

• United States Congress. "James Cooper (id: C000753)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  Retrieved on 2008-02-12
• "James Cooper". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 

United States Senators from Pennsylvania
Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey
Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey
Notes	† Never officially seated.

Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1791)
Bingham Wynkoop Latimer Evans Weaver Snyder Porter Snyder Boileau Engle Weber Tod R. Smith St. Clair Holgate Hill Davidson Hill J. Lawrence Gilmore J. Lawrence Sutherland Ritner Middleswarth F. Smith Laporte Findley Anderson W. Patterson J. Thompson Middleswarth Dewart Hopkins Crabb Snowden H. Wright Snowden F. Patterson Cooper Packer McCalmont Cessna Rhey Schell Chase Strong R. Wright Getz Longaker W. Lawrence Davis Rowe Cessna Johnson Olmstead Kelley Glass Davis Clark Strang Webb Elliott McCormick S. Patterson Myer Long Hewitt Faunce Graham Boyer C. Thompson Walton Boyer Farr Marshall Walton McClain Cox Shreve Alter Ambler Baldwin Spangler Whitaker Goodnough Bluett McClure Hess Goodnough Talbot Sarig Furman Turner Kilroy Fiss Lichtenwalter Sorg C. Smith Andrews Helm Andrews Helm Hamilton Lee Fineman Lee Fineman Irvis Seltzer Ryan Irvis Manderino O'Donnell DeWeese Ryan Perzel O'Brien McCall S. Smith Turzai