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Samuel B. Cooper, Sr. Full Name: Samuel Bronson "Sam" Cooper, Sr. Date of birth: May 30, 1850 Date of death: August 21, 1918 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 1 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Woodville / Tyler Senate President Pro Tempore (18th)   Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler S 1 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (4) (5) (6) (7)   Democrat Woodville / Tyler   Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler (1) 18th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/13/1883, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) 18th Legislature, 1/10/1883, p. 1, All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office; pp. 5-6, Resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes: Drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal. (4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (5) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (6) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (7) 17th Legislature - 1/11/1881, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected" Senators who "approached the President's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biography, p. 237. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Other Resources Memorial, October 1933, Samuel Bronson Cooper, Jr. Relatives: Samuel Bronson Cooper, Sr. - father; Samuel Bronson Cooper, Jr. - son. Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association. COOPER, Samuel Bronson (1850-1918). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. COOPER, SAMUEL BRONSON (1850-1918). Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Samuel B. Cooper, Sr., 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Samuel B. Cooper, Sr., 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Claims and Accounts   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Deaf and Dumb Asylum   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Frontier Protection   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiaries   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Lands   State Affairs   17th R.S. - 1881 Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Private Land Claims   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Debt   Public Lands   Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas

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