Mark A. Cooper
Mark A. Cooper was a Whig and later a Democratic politician, and congressman for Georgia.
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History
Cooper fought in the Second Seminole War; he rose to the rank of major.
He was elected to Congress in 1838 as a Whig, although he failed to win re-election in 1840. Dawson however resigned in 1841 to run for governor, and as a Democrat Cooper won back his seat. He then also resigned in 1843 to also run for governor (unsuccessfully, against Crawford).
Cooper then left politics and founded a bank and an iron works. Through the Civil War, his investments were ruined (as Confederate notes were not honored) and destroyed (by Sherman's march).