Edward Cooper | |
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83rd Mayor of New York City | |
In office 1879–1880 | |
Preceded by | Smith Ely, Jr. |
Succeeded by | William Russell Grace |
Personal details | |
Born | October 26, 1824 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 25, 1905 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 80)
Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
Political party | Democrat |
Spouse |
Cornelia Redmond
(m. 1854; died 1894) |
Children | Edith Cooper |
Parent(s) | Peter Cooper Sarah Raynor Bedell |
Education | Columbia University |
Edward Cooper (October 26, 1824 – February 25, 1905) was the 83rd Mayor of New York City from 1879 to 1880 and the second president of the Cooper Union. He was the only surviving son of industrialist Peter Cooper.[1][2]
Our fifth child was my son Edward, who is still living.
He noted that Peter Cooper recalled seeing a hanging there as a teenager, and that Mayor Edward Cooper, his son, recollected his father having witnessed the lynching at the current site of the fountain.
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