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. He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the
bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Battle Creek. He was circuit court commissioner of
Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918. 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. He was reelected to the
70th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from August 18, 1925, until his death in
Washington, D.C. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek. 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. He died suddenly, at his desk in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1934. ==See also==