Robert Archer Cooper
Robert Archer Cooper was an Article I federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1934 after being nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At the time of his appointment, Cooper served as General Counsel for the Community Credit Corporation. Cooper served until 1947. He passed away on August 7, 1953.[1]
Early life and education
Cooper was admitted to the bar in 1898 after earning his Read law credentials that same year.[1]
Personal life
He married Mamie Machen on March 22, 1899. They had one daughter, Mamie Elizabeth. His first wife passed away in 1914 and he remarried on November 15, 1917 to Dorcas Calmes, with whom he had one son, Robert Jr..[1]
Professional career
- Magistrate for the State of South Carolina, 1899-1900
- South Carolina House of Representatives, 1900-1904
- Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial District of South Carolina, 1905-1917
- Governor, South Carolina, 1918-1921
- Federal Farm Loan Board, 1921-1926
- Private Practice, 1926 - 1934
- Assistant to the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, 1929-1932
- General Counsel, Community Credit Corporation[1]
Judicial career
District of Puerto Rico
Cooper was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 29, 1934 to a seat vacated by Ira Kent Wells. Cooper served until 1947. He was succeeded to this post by David Chavez Jr..[1]
Awards and associations
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Polytechnic Institute (now Interamerican University), May 4, 1947[1]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ira Kent Wells |
District of Puerto Rico 1934–1947 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: David Chavez Jr.
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
