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American politician and businessman
Edward Cooper
(February 26, 1873 ? March 1, 1928) was an American
lawyer
and
Republican
politician
who represented
West Virginia
in the
United States House of Representatives
during the
64th
and
65th United States Congresses
from 1915 to 1919.
Cooper was born in
Trevorton, Pennsylvania
. He moved with his parents to
Fayette County, West Virginia
in 1875 where he attended public and private schools. He graduated from
Washington and Lee University
,
Lexington, Virginia
in 1892, and subsequently from the law department of the same university. He was admitted to
the bar
in 1894 and practiced law for three years in
Bramwell, West Virginia
where he was also a member of the
town council
for eight years.
On the death of his father, Cooper abandoned the practice of law and engaged in the development of
coal
properties in West Virginia. He was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention
in 1912 and elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 ? March 3, 1919). He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the
Sixty-sixth Congress
. After leaving Congress, he again engaged in the production of coal in Mercer and McDowell Counties, West Virginia and served as a director in several coal companies. He died in
Bluefield, West Virginia
in 1928 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery,
Richmond, Virginia
.
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress