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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaCharles Merian COOPER
(1856-1923)
COOPER, Charles Merian, a
Representative from Florida; born in Athens, Clarke County, Ga.,
January 16, 1856; moved with his parents to Florida in 1864;
pursued academic studies at Gainesville Academy; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in St.
Augustine, Fla.; member of the State house of representatives in
1880; served in the State senate in 1884; attorney general of
Florida 1885-1889; appointed in 1889 one of the three commissioners
to revise the statutes of the State; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3,
1897); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice
of law in Jacksonville, Fla., until his death there November 14,
1923; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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