Thomas Valentine Cooper

Thomas Valentine Cooper
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County
In office
1870–1871
Preceded byAugustus B. Leedom[1]
Succeeded byTyron Lewis
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County
In office
1872–1873
Preceded byTyron Lewis
Succeeded byOrson Flagg Bullard
Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district
In office
1873–1874
Preceded byWilliam B. Waddell
Succeeded byJohn Edgar Reyburn
Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district
In office
1875–1888
Preceded byWilliam M. Randall
Succeeded byJohn Buchanan Robinson
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County
In office
1901–1909
Preceded byThomas Henry Garvin
Succeeded byWilliam D. Jones Jr.
Personal details
BornJanuary 16, 1835
Cadiz, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1909
Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeMedia Cemetery, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAda F. Cooper
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Years of service1861–1864
Rank1st lieutenant
Commands26th Pennsylvania Infantry
Battles/wars

Thomas Valentine Cooper (January 16, 1835 - December 19, 1909) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County for the 1870 and 1872 terms. Cooper served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for district 5 from 1873 to 1874 and for district 9 from 1875 to 1889. He was reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1901 and served until his death in 1909.[2]

Cooper served as a private and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, was a newspaper editor of the Delaware County American newspaper for 54 years and an author of books on political and civil war history.

  1. ^ Wiley, Samuel T. (1894). Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County Pennsylvania. New York: Gresham Publishing Company. pp. 92-93. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Thomas Valentine Cooper". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 23 July 2018.