Samuel Bronson Cooper
| Samuel Bronson Cooper was born near Eddyville, Caldwell County, Kentucky on 30 May 1850. He moved with his parents to Texas the same year. The family settled in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Woodville beginning in January of 1872. He was prosecuting attorney of Tyler County from 1876 to 1880. He was a member of the Texas Senate from 1880 to 1884. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the first district of Texas by President Grover Cleveland in 1885 and served until 1888. He served as a Democrat in Congress from 4 March 1893 to 3 March 1905 and from 4 March 1907 to 3 March 1909. He was appointed as a member of the United States Board of General Appraisers at the port of New York City by President Taft in 1910. He died in New York City on 21 August 1918. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas. |