Allen Foster Cooper
| Allen Foster Cooper | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Graham |
| Succeeded by | Thomas S. Crago |
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| Born |
January 3, 1838 Franklin Township, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 29, 1918 (aged 80) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Law School |
Allen Foster Cooper (January 3, 1838 – March 29, 1918) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Allen Foster Cooper was born in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the State Normal School in California, Pennsylvania in 1881. He attended Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, in 1883. After this he taught for six years in public schools.
Cooper graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1888. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and commenced practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Cooper was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses. After his time in Congress, he resumed business and the practice of law in Uniontown. He died in Uniontown in 1918, aged 80; interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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