The Political Graveyard: Cooper family of New York

Cooper family of New York

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Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1791. Uncle by marriage of Daniel F. Tiemann; father-in-law of Abram Stevens Hewitt; father of Edward Cooper. Manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, creator of first U.S. steam locomotive; founder of Cooper Union.; Greenback candidate for President of the United States, 1876. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 4, 1883. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Daniel F. Tiemann — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Nephew by marriage of Peter Cooper. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1858-60; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1872-73. Interment at Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y.
Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) — also known as Abram S. Hewitt — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1822. Son-in-law of Peter Cooper; brother-in-law of Edward Cooper. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1876; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88. Died in 1903. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- See also: congressional biography.
Edward Cooper (1824-1905) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 26, 1824. Son of Peter Cooper; brother-in-law of Abram Stevens Hewitt; married 1863 to Cornelia Redmond (died 1894); father of Edith Cooper (who married Lloyd Stephens Bryce). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860, 1876; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1879-80. Died, of an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1905. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) — also known as Lloyd Bryce — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 20, 1851. Son of Maj. J. S. Bryce; married to Edith Cooper (daughter of Edward Cooper). Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1887-89; editor, North American Review magazine, 1889-96; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1911-13; Luxembourg, 1911-13. Died in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., April 2, 1917. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- See also: congressional biography.

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