The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Henry Cooper

(August 22, 1827 — February 4, 1884) Cooper was a politician, judge, lawyer, and businessman. Henry Cooper was born in Columbia, Tennessee in 1827. He graduated from Jackson (Tennessee) College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Cooper served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and again, from 1857 to 1859. He was then appointed as a judge of the seventh judicial circuit of Tennessee and served from 1862 to 1866. Before being elected to Congress, Caldwell served in the State Senate from 1869 to 1870. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senator and served for the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. Caldwell was killed by bandits in Mexico, in 1884, while he was working in mining operations. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000751]

Member of Tennessee Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 [this display].

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