William T. Cope

{{Short description|American politician (1836–1902)}}

{{other people|William Cope}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=William Taylor Cope

|image=William Taylor Cope.png

|order=21st

|office=Ohio State Treasurer

|term_start=January 11, 1892

|term_end=January 13, 1896

|governor=William McKinley

|preceded=John C. Brown

|succeeded=Samuel B. Campbell

|party=Republican

|birth_date={{birth date|1836|12|25}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1902|11|26|1836|12|25}}

|birth_place=Columbiana County, Ohio

|death_place=Columbus, Ohio

|restingplace=Green Lawn Cemetery

|allegiance=United States

|branch=Union Army

|rank=Captain

|unit=143rd Ohio Infantry

}}

William Taylor Cope (December 25, 1836 – November 26, 1902)[https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MXL2-L1L/p1 Family Search] {{dead link|date=October 2023}} was a Republican politician in the state of Ohio and was Ohio State Treasurer from 1892 to 1896.

William T. Cope was born in 1836 at Columbiana County, Ohio, and in his earlier years was a coal operator or merchant. During the American Civil War he was a captain in the 143rd Volunteer Infantry. He represented his county in the Ohio House of Representatives, winning elections in 1885 and 1887 to the 67th and 68th General Assemblies.Ohio 1917 : 296

Cope then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a wholesale coal dealer. In 1891 and again in 1893, he was elected State Treasurer. Later he worked for a bank in Columbus.Smith 1898 : 607 He died November 26, 1902, and is interred at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio[http://greenlawn.delaohio.com/greenlawn/greenlawndata/c.txt Green Lawn Cemetery Burial Records]