Background
Cooper, John was born on February 5, 1729 in near Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
Cooper, John was born on February 5, 1729 in near Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
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.
Member Gloucester County Committee on Correspondence, 1774. Member Provincial Congress, 1775-1776, member Member New Jersey Legislative Council from Gloucester County, 1776-1780, 84.
Member Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776.
Member New Jersey Council of Safety, 1778.