Joseph L. Hooper

 

Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1891.^[1] He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Battle Creek.^[1] He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901–1903;^[1] prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907;^[1] and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918.^[1] He was also a Congregationalist and a member of the Freemasons.

Hooper was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 69th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur B. Williams.^[1] He was reelected to the 70th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from August 18, 1925, until his death in Washington, D.C.^[1] He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek.^[1]

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.^[2]

He died suddenly, at his desk in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1934.^[3]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

• Joseph L. Hooper, Late a Representative. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1934.

• United States Congress. "Joseph L. Hooper (id: H000764)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Joseph L. Hooper at The Political Graveyard