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Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the
Joseph L. Hooper
at The Political Graveyard * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Joseph Lawrence 1877 births 1934 deaths American Congregationalists Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state
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of Michigan
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.
Hooper was born in Cleveland
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, Ohio
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on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1891. He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Battle Creek. He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County Calhoun County is the name of several counties in the United States of America named after U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun:
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* Calhoun County, Arkansas
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, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918. He was also a Congregationalist and a member of the Freemasons.
Hooper was elected as a Republican
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from Michigan's 3rd congressional district
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to the 69th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur B. Williams. He was reelected to the 70th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from August 18, 1925, until his death in Washington, D.C.
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He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek.
See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)References
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Joseph L. Hooper
at The Political Graveyard * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Joseph Lawrence 1877 births 1934 deaths American Congregationalists Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan