Edward Cooper (congressman)

Edward Cooper ( born February 26, 1873 in Treverton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, † March 1, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1919 he represented the fifth electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1875 Edward Cooper came with his parents in the Fayette County, West Virginia. There he attended both public and private schools. Then he studied until 1894 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington (Virginia), among others, Jura. After his made ​​in 1894 Admitted to the Bar Cooper began working for three years in his new profession in Bramwell in Mercer County. In this city he was for eight years on the city council. After the death of his father Cooper gave up his profession to continue the family's coal business.

Cooper was a member of the Republican Party. In 1912 he took part in Chicago as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1914 he was selected in the fifth district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of James A. Hughes on March 4, 1915. After a re-election in 1916 he was able to complete up to March 3, 1919 two terms in Congress, who were determined since 1917 by the events of the First World War. In the 1918 elections, he was not confirmed.

After the end of his time in Congress Cooper dedicated his business again in the coal industry. He was director of several companies that were active in this field. Edward Cooper died on March 1, 1928 in Bluefield and was buried in Richmond ( Virginia).