Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper

Leopold Copeland Parker Cowper (March 1811 – July 17, 1875) was a lawyer who served as (seventh) lieutenant governor of the Restored government of Virginia from November 1863 until June 1865 and then as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from June 1865 until September 1869 under Governors John Letcher, William Smith, Francis Harrison Pierpont and Henry H. Wells. Earlier in his political career he served in the Virginia House of Representatives. A Whig he served two consecutive terms from 1847-1849. As Lieutenant Governor he presided over the Virginia Senate.[1]