Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
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.
Biography
Hooper was born in
Cleveland, Ohio
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on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in
Battle Creek, Michigan
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in 1891. He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the
bar
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in 1899, and commenced practice in Battle Creek. He was circuit court commissioner of
Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918. He was also a
Congregationalist and a member of the
Freemasons
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.
Hooper was elected as a
Republican from
Michigan's 3rd congressional district
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to the
69th United States Congress
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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Arthur B. Williams. He was reelected to the
70th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from August 18, 1925, until his death in
Washington, D.C.
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He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek.
He married Leah Lucas in 1903; she died in 1910, and he married again in 1923 to Gertrude J. Clark. He was survived by his second wife and two daughters.
He died suddenly, at his desk in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1934.
See also
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References
Sources
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External links
Joseph L. Hooperat The Political Graveyard
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1877 births
1934 deaths
American Congregationalists
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives