William Frierson Cooper | |
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| Born | March 11, 1820 |
| Died | May 7, 1909 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Zion Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Yale College University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Parent(s) | Matthew D. Cooper Mary Agnes Frierson |
| Relatives | Henry Cooper (brother) Duncan Brown Cooper (half-brother) |
William Frierson Cooper (March 11, 1820 – May 7, 1909) was a lawyer, planter and politician. He was nominated to the Supreme Court of the Confederate States of America by President Jefferson Davis, but the court never sat because of the American Civil War. After the war, he served as the Dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School from 1874 to 1875. He was a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1878 to 1886.