Floyd J. Cooper Biography


	This biography appears on page 369 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				FLOYD J. COOPER.  

	Floyd J. Cooper is an able young attorney of Canton who has 
practiced his profession successfully for the past eight years and is 
also associated with his father in the abstract, real-estate and 
insurance business. His birth occurred in Canton, this state, on the 
30th of June, 1887, his parents being Henry N. and Mary Cooper. The 
father took up his abode in Canton among its earliest residents and is 
still engaged in business there, being now associated with our subject 
in the conduct of an abstract, real estate and insurance concern.  

	Floyd J. Cooper acquired his education in the public schools and 
was graduated from the Canton high school in 1904. Having determined to 
become a representative of the legal profession, be entered the law 
department of the University of South Dakota, from which institution he 
was graduated in 1907, being admitted to the bar in the same year. He 
immediately returned to his home town and began the practice of law, in 
which he has been engaged continuously to the present time, also 
assisting in the conduct of his father's business. In no profession is 
there a career more open to talent than in that of the law, and in no 
field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more 
thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the 
underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and 
privileges. Unflagging application, intuitive wisdom and a 
determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants 
which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, 
which stands as the stern conservator of justice; and it is one into 
which none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be 
overcome and the battles to be won, for success does not reward all, 
but comes only as the result of unmistakable ability and close 
application. Possessing all the requisite qualities of the able lawyer, 
Mr. Cooper has been accorded a gratifying clientage which he well 
merits.  

	His political views are in accord with the principles of the 
republican party, and he is a member of the Commercial Club and other 
civic organizations. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, 
belonging to Silver Star Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M., and Siroc 
Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., while his religious faith is indicated by his 
membership in the Congregational church. He is very fond of all outdoor 
sports and in these finds needed recreation. Mr. Cooper is popular in 
both professional and social circles of his home town and has readily 
made and retained friends.