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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeEdmund COOPER
(1821-1911)
COOPER, Edmund, (brother
of Henry Cooper), a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., September 11, 1821; was
graduated from Jackson (Tenn.) College in 1839; studied law at
Harvard University; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., in 1841; member of the State
house of representatives in 1849; presidential elector on the
Constitutional Union ticket in 1860; Union delegate to the State
constitutional convention of 1861; again elected to the State house
of representatives but in 1865 resigned; upon the readmission of
the State of Tennessee to representation was elected as a Unionist
to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from July 24, 1866, to
March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Fortieth Congress; appointed by President Johnson Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury November 20, 1867, and served until March
20, 1869; resumed the practice of law at Shelbyville and died there
July 21, 1911; interment in Willow Mount Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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