James Cooper
Born: May 8, 1810
Birthplace: Frederick County, Maryland
Father: James Cooper 1764 – 1838
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)
Mother: Anne McHenry
Wife: Jane Mary Miller 1814 – 1900
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)
Children:
Anne Cooper 1838 –
Matthias Miller Cooper 1841 – 1900
Captain James Cooper Unknown – 1865
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland)
Education:
1832: Graduated from Washington College – (Pennsylvania)
Occupation before War:
1834 – 1839: Attorney in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1839 – 1843: United States Congressman for Pennsylvania
1841 – 1843: House Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee
1843 – 1844: Pennsylvania State Representative
1846: Pennsylvania State Representative
1848: Pennsylvania State Representative
Speaker of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Attorney in Pottsville, Pennsylvania
1848: Pennsylvania State Attorney General
1849 – 1855: United States Senator from Pennsylvania
1850: Member of celebrated Committee of thirteen
Author of Compromise Measurers for the Compromise of 1850
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Brigade commander briefly in Shenandoah Valley Campaign
1862: Commander of paroled prisoner of war camp in Columbus, Ohio
1862 – 1863: Commandant of Camp Chase, Union Army Prison
Died: March 28, 1863
Place of Death: Columbus, Ohio
Cause of Death: Congestion of the lungs
Age at time of Death: 52 years old
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland
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