How to Pronounce John Cooper (New Jersey)
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Feb 05, 1729 Died on 01 Apr 1785 (aged 56)
public official from New Jersey
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About John Cooper New Jersey
- John Cooper (February 5, 1729 – April 1, 1785) was a public official from New Jersey during the American Revolution. Born near Woodbury in Gloucester County, New Jersey, he was a member of the Gloucester County Committee of Correspondence in 1774.
- He served in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 and 1776 and served on the committee that drafted New Jersey's first constitution.
- He was elected to the Second Continental Congress in 1776, but did not attend.
- He was elected a judge in the Gloucester County courts in 1779 and served until his death. John's older brother was David Cooper, a noted Quaker and abolitionist who worked earnestly with the Quakers in their efforts to petition the U.S.
- Government to abolish slavery.
