Biography

12/12/1848 - 06/09/1934

Henry Cooper (R40) Allegheny (Part) County 1911-1914

Early Life:

Henry Cooper, born December 12, 1848, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; son of Doctor John F. and Sarah Johnson Cooper; educated, private, public schools; Duff’s College; engaged, machinist, farmer, oil and gas business; associated with Vandergrift Company, Beaver County, A.F. Allen Brown and Peter Grace, oil producers; Forest Oil Company; organized, Raccoon Oil Company, Beaver County; director, Belleview Realty, Savings and Trust Company; auditor, Beaver County, three years; councilman, Bellevue borough five years; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1911-1914; board of trustees, Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Dispensary, Pittsburgh, Chamber of Commerce, Americus Republican Club; married, Jennie Sarah Nevin, 1870, children, John Fawcett Cooper, Laura Helen Cooper, Roy C. Cooper, Jean Nevin Lawrence; died, June 9, 1934, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Auditor, Beaver County, three years; member, councilman, Bellevue borough, five years. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 40th district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1911-1914; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation (Chairman), Education, New Counties and County Seats, Pensions and Gratuities, Public Health and Sanitation.

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1914). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1091, 1097-1100, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1069.

The Book of Prominent Pennsylvanians (Pittsburgh: Leader Publishing, 1913)

Henry Cooper (1848-1934) - Find a Grave Memorial