Allen Foster Cooper

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Allen Foster Cooper
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by William H. Graham
Succeeded by Thomas S. Crago
Personal details
Born (1838-01-03)January 3, 1838[citation needed]
Franklin Township, Pennsylvania
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Political party Republican
Alma mater University of Michigan Law School

Allen Foster Cooper (January 3, 1838[citation needed] – March 29, 1918[citation needed]) 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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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1903–1911
Succeeded by
Thomas S. Crago


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