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| + | |name=John Sherman Cooper | ||
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| + | |party=[[Republican]] | ||
| + | |spouse=Evelyn Pfaff (1944 - 1947)<br>Lorraine Shevlin (1955 - 1985) | ||
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| + | |offices= | ||
| + | {{Officeholder/senator | ||
| + | |state=Kentucky | ||
| + | |terms=November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1973 | ||
| + | |preceded=Robert Humphreys | ||
| + | |succeeded=[[Walter Huddleston]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Officeholder/senator | ||
| + | |state=Kentucky | ||
| + | |terms=November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1955 | ||
| + | |preceded=Thomas R. Underwood | ||
| + | |succeeded=[[Alben Barkley]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Officeholder/senator | ||
| + | |state=Kentucky | ||
| + | |terms=November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949 | ||
| + | |preceded=William A. Stanfill | ||
| + | |succeeded=Virgil Chapman | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Officeholder/misc | ||
| + | |office=Kentucky House of Representatives, 41st district | ||
| + | |terms=1928 – 1930 | ||
| + | |preceded=F. T. Nichols | ||
| + | |succeeded=William E. Randall | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
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'''John Sherman Cooper''' (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was a U.S. ambassador and senator from Kentucky. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times non-consecutively and was considered by many to be a career politician.<ref>[http://22november1963.org.uk/richard-russell-warren-report Richard Russell and the Warren Report]</ref> | '''John Sherman Cooper''' (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was a U.S. ambassador and senator from Kentucky. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times non-consecutively and was considered by many to be a career politician.<ref>[http://22november1963.org.uk/richard-russell-warren-report Richard Russell and the Warren Report]</ref> | ||
==U.S. Senate== | ==U.S. Senate== | ||
| + | ===First term=== | ||
| + | Cooper served as the circuit judge of Kentucky's twenty-eighth judicial district until 1946, when he resigned to run for the Senate seat left by Albert B. Chandler. | ||
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===Third & last terms=== | ===Third & last terms=== | ||
After [[Alben W. Barkley]]'s death in 1956 while serving in the Senate, Eisenhower encouraged Cooper to run for the seat.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/08/archives/cooper-will-run-for-senate-seat-reverses-stand-after-plea-by.html COOPER WILL RUN FOR SENATE SEAT; Reverses Stand After Plea by President and Accepts Kentucky Nomination]</ref> Cooper accepted, and won the election by 6.5% of the vote. | After [[Alben W. Barkley]]'s death in 1956 while serving in the Senate, Eisenhower encouraged Cooper to run for the seat.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/08/archives/cooper-will-run-for-senate-seat-reverses-stand-after-plea-by.html COOPER WILL RUN FOR SENATE SEAT; Reverses Stand After Plea by President and Accepts Kentucky Nomination]</ref> Cooper accepted, and won the election by 6.5% of the vote. | ||
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| John Sherman Cooper | |
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| U.S. Senator from Kentucky From: November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Predecessor | Robert Humphreys |
| Successor | Walter Huddleston |
| U.S. Senator from Kentucky From: November 5, 1952 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Predecessor | Thomas R. Underwood |
| Successor | Alben Barkley |
| U.S. Senator from Kentucky From: November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Predecessor | William A. Stanfill |
| Successor | Virgil Chapman |
| Kentucky House of Representatives, 41st district From: 1928 – 1930 | |
| Predecessor | F. T. Nichols |
| Successor | William E. Randall |
| Information | |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Pfaff (1944 - 1947) Lorraine Shevlin (1955 - 1985) |
John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was a U.S. ambassador and senator from Kentucky. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times non-consecutively and was considered by many to be a career politician.[1]
U.S. Senate
First term
Cooper served as the circuit judge of Kentucky's twenty-eighth judicial district until 1946, when he resigned to run for the Senate seat left by Albert B. Chandler.
Third & last terms
After Alben W. Barkley's death in 1956 while serving in the Senate, Eisenhower encouraged Cooper to run for the seat.[2] Cooper accepted, and won the election by 6.5% of the vote.
Warren Commission
Cooper was appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson to the Warren Commission after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Cooper, along with senator Richard Russell Jr. and representative Hale Boggs, dissented from the verdict of the Warren Commission that concluded on the single-bullet, lone-assassin theory.[1]