James Cooper (Pennsylvania)

James Cooper ( born May 8, 1810 Frederick County, Maryland, † March 28, 1863 in Columbus, Ohio ) was an American politician ( Whig Party ), who represented the state of Pennsylvania in both houses of Congress. He also participated as an officer in the Union Army in the Civil War.

After completing his education, James Cooper attended the Washington College in Washington (Pennsylvania), where he graduated in 1832. He subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice as a lawyer in Gettysburg.

On March 4, 1839 Cooper moved to his successful election as representative of the twelfth congressional district of Pennsylvania House of Representatives of the United States, where he remained for a confirmation to March 3, 1843 during this time he served, among others, as Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs. Then he sat from 1843 to 1844 and in the years 1846 and 1848 in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. There, Cooper was also for a term Speaker of the Chamber; He also became the 1848 Attorney General of Pennsylvania. In the meantime, he moved to Pottsville.

As the successor of Simon Cameron Cooper finally belonged from March 4, 1849, the Senate of the United States, where he spent one term until March 3, 1855. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he was authorized by President Abraham Lincoln to establish a brigade loyal to the Union soldiers from Maryland; from 1861 he held the rank of brigadier general. Initially he served with his men in West Virginia under the command of General John Charles Frémont, he was appointed commander of Camp Chase near Columbus in 1863. There he died, weakened health, on 28 March 1863. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery on Frederick.

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