Joel Henry Cooper (1841 - October 1, 1899) was an American rancher and lawyer from Santa Barbara, California. He was elected September 6, 1871 as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly from San Luis Obispo County. At the time of his election, he was listed as being 30 years old, a rancher, and a native of Missouri. He was assigned to the standing committees on claims and on agriculture.[1]
On Monday, February 2, 1874, he was married in San Francisco to Emma Hankins of New York City at the residence of Bishop William Ingraham Kip.[2][3]
He died October 1, 1899, in his rooms. He suffered a sudden hemorrhage and collapsed with his head hanging out the window of his room. A contemporary report said that he bled "[m]ore than a bucketful of blood" onto the sidewalk below before the police broke into his lodging, finding the body still warm.[4]
References
edit- ^ Kean & Dudley. Legislative Guide: Giving the Names, Nativity, Occupation, Residence, Age and Political Status of All the State Officers and Members of the Legislature and Attaches Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1871; pp. 8, 14
- ^ "Stereopticon" San Luis Obispo Tribune February 14, 1874.
- ^ "Marriages" Sacramento Daily Union, January 28, 1874 (Volume 46, Number 7119); p. 2, col. 6
- ^ "Sudden Death of Joel H. Cooper: Prominent Attorney of Santa Barbara" San Francisco Call October 3, 1899; p. 1, col. 6
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