Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.

Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky,[1] Cooper moved to Texas with his family the same year and located in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas and attended the common schools.

[2] He was appointed the Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Texas in Galveston by President Grover Cleveland, serving from 1885 to 1888.

[1] Cooper was nominated by President William Howard Taft on May 16, 1910, to a seat on the Board of General Appraisers vacated by Marion De Vries.

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