Jurist; born near
Attica, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1824; admitted to the bar in
Michigan in 1846; became
Professor of Law in the
University of
Michigan in 1859; was a justice of the Supreme Court of that State in 1864-85, and during part of that time chief-justice;
Professor of American History and lecturer on constitutional law in the
University of
Michigan in 1885-88; and chairman of the interstate commerce commission for four years under
President Cleveland.
Judge Cooley was a recognized authority on constitutional law, and besides a large number of contributions to periodical literature, was author of
The constitutional limitations which rest upon the legislative power of the States of the American Union;
A treatise on the law of taxation;
The general principles of constitutional law in the United States;
Michigan: a history of government;
And the acquisition of Indiana.
He died in
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 12, 1898.
