Richard A. Cooper (March 9, 1872 – October 9, 1956) was an American politician in Pennsylvania.
Cooper served from 1907 to 1920 on the Philadelphia City Council.
During his tenure as a city councilor, he was involved in organizing Philadelphia's 50th anniversary celebration of the
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal sta ...
. A Republican, he served in the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
It ...
in 1935.
He is buried at the
Eden Cemetery in Collingdale.
Cooper was born in Maryland. He worked as an insurance agent.
See also
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List of African-American officeholders (1900-1959)
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
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1872 births
1956 deaths
Philadelphia City Council members
African-American state legislators in Pennsylvania
20th-century American legislators
Insurance agents
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
20th-century American businesspeople
African-American city council members in Pennsylvania
American businesspeople in insurance
Businesspeople from Philadelphia
Burials at Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)
African-American men in politics
20th-century Pennsylvania politicians