William Raworth Cooper

U.S. Congressperson

1793 – 1856

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Who was William Raworth Cooper?

William Raworth Cooper was a Representative from New Jersey.

He was born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, New Jersey, February 20, 1793 and attended the local schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1839 to 1841. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress and resumed agricultural pursuits until his death near Bridgeport on September 22, 1856. He is interred in the Cooper family burying ground, near Bridgeport.

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Born
Feb 20, 1793
Died
Sep 22, 1856

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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