James Cooper

U.S. Congressperson

1810 – 1863

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Who was James Cooper?

James Cooper was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician, who served in the United States Congress.

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.

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Born
May 8, 1810
Frederick County
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Washington & Jefferson College
Lived in
  • Gettysburg
Died
Mar 28, 1863
Columbus

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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