Robert Archer Cooper

63rd Governor of the State of South Carolina 1919 to 1922

Date Born: June 12, 1874

Date Died: August 7, 1953

Place Born: Laurens County, SC

Place Buried: Laurens City Cemetery

Residence: Laurens County, SC

Occupation: Lawyer


Polytechnic Institute - San German, Puerto Rico

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1900-1904
Federal Farm Loan Board, 1922-1927
US District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1934-1947

On November 5, 1918, Cooper was elected to his first term without opposition, receiving 25,267 votes.

On November 2, 1920, Governor Cooper was reelected without opposition, receiving 58,050 votes.

May 20, 1922 – Governor Cooper resigned to become a member of the Federal Farm Loan Board


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