Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Leroy Washington Cooper

Full Name: Leroy Washington Cooper
Birth date: October 16, 1822
Death date: October 25, 1900

Terms of Service

House, 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
2/8/1870 - 8/15/1870
Senate, 9th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
2/2/1863 - 11/2/1863

(1) M. Priest of the Senate and L.W. Cooper and James R. Burnett of the House appointed to judgeships, 8/25/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal .
(3) A.D. Elam, in special election 12/1870, sworn 1/10/1871, unseated in election contest 4/17/1871, succeeded Leroy W. Cooper, resigned during Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Leroy Cooper, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded John H. Burnett, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Roll of Senators-elect to fill vacancies, oath of office administered, 2/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Message from the House of Representatives concerning the removal of Judges M. Priest, L.W. Cooper, and M.W. Wheeler, 2/2/1874, p. 176, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Resolution requesting a committee be appointed to investigate charges against Judges L.W. Cooper, M. Priest, M.W. Wheeler, and Henry Maney, 2/10/1874, pp. 248-248a, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Address by Senator Swift requesting the removal from office of Judge L.W. Cooper, 2/3/1874, p. 189-193, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Message announcing passage of a resolution fixing the time for the hearing in the case of address against Judge L.W. Cooper, 3/17/1874, p. 572, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Messages announcing the time for the hearing against Judge L.W. Cooper, 3/18/1874, p. 598, 601, 606, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Vote on the address for the removal of Judge L.W. Cooper, 3/26/1874, p. 646, 14th Legislature, First Session. Senate Journal .
Member roster, 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - L.W. Cooper, Crockett, Houston County, lawyer, born circa 1823 in Georgia. FamilySearch .
Leroy W. Cooper, birth date 10/16/1822 in Guinette County, Georgia; death date 10/25/1900 in Crockett, Texas; photos; burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, 10/31/1900, p. 3. Death date 10/25/1900. Galveston Daily News .
COOPER, LEROY WASHINGTON (1822-1900). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Judge Leroy W. Cooper, pp. 143-144. The History of Houston County, Texas 1943.
Biographical sketch, p. 6; judge appointed by Gov. Edmund Davis and one of those targeted by 14th Legislature, pp. 205-206. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.