George William Cooper (May 21, 1851 – November 27, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895.

He served as mayor of Columbus in 1877, and was the city attorney of Columbus from 1879 to 1883. Cooper was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895).

He served as chairman of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands in the Fifty-third Congress.

He was interred in Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana.

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