George B. Cooper

George Bryan Cooper ( born June 6 1808 in Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey; † August 29, 1866 in New Bedford, New Jersey ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1860 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Cooper attended the public schools of his home in New Jersey. In 1830 he moved to Ann Arbor in Michigan Territory. Five years later he moved on to Jackson, where he was engaged in trade. Between 1836 and 1846, Cooper was postmaster in Jackson. In 1840 he established an iron foundry in this city. Politically, Cooper was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1837 and 1838 he sat in the Senate of Michigan; In 1842 he became a deputy in the House of Representatives of the State. Between 1846 and 1850, Cooper officiated as Minister of Finance from Michigan. Since 1851 he was also engaged in the banking industry.

In the congressional elections of 1858 he was the first electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded William Alanson Howard took on 4 March 1859 that he had beaten in the election. After there had been irregularities in the election, Howard laid against the election complaint. The Congress upheld the appeal on 15 May 1860. Then Cooper had to cede back to Howard his mandate.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives George Cooper moved to New Bedford. There he is on August 29, 1866 and passed away.

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