Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Samuel Bronson Cooper, Sr.

Full Name: Samuel Bronson "Sam" Cooper, Sr.
Birth date: May 30, 1850
Death date: August 21, 1918

Terms of Service

Senate, 18th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/13/1883, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
Senate, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) 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.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(5) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883
(6) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. S.B. Cooper, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.B. Cooper, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

COOPER, Samuel Bronson (1850-1918). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
COOPER, SAMUEL BRONSON (1850-1918). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Sam. Bronson Cooper, p. 691. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Sam Bronson Cooper, pp. 475-476. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
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 .
Biographical sketch, p. 237. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.