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| − | '''John Sherman Cooper''' (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was a U.S. ambassador and | + | '''John Sherman Cooper''' (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was a U.S. ambassador and [[Moderate Republican]] U.S. Senator]] from [[Kentucky]]. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times non-consecutively before serving two full terms and was considered a career politician.<ref>[http://22november1963.org.uk/richard-russell-warren-report Richard Russell and the Warren Report]</ref> |
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| − | Cooper was born | + | Cooper was born in Somerset, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1923, and then attended [[Harvard]] from 1923 to 1925. |
==U.S. Senate== | ==U.S. Senate== | ||
===First term=== | ===First term=== | ||
| − | Cooper served as the circuit judge of Kentucky's | + | Cooper served as the circuit judge of Kentucky's 28th judicial district until 1946, when he resigned to run for the Senate seat left by Albert B. "Happy" Chandler. During this period, he frequently voted against his party so much so that colleague [[Robert A. Taft]] to ask whether he was a Republican or a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/obituaries/john-sherman-cooper-dies-at-89-longtime-senator-from-kentucky.html John Sherman Cooper Dies at 89; Longtime Senator From Kentucky]</ref> |
===Second term=== | ===Second term=== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000758 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] | *[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000758 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Kentucky]] | ||
[[Category:Republicans]] | [[Category:Republicans]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Moderate Republicans]] | ||
[[Category:RINOs]] | [[Category:RINOs]] | ||
[[Category:Liberals]] | [[Category:Liberals]] | ||
[[Category:Diplomats]] | [[Category:Diplomats]] | ||
[[Category:United States Ambassadors]] | [[Category:United States Ambassadors]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Former United States Senators]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Republican Senators]] | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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 Moderate Republican U.S. Senator]] from Kentucky. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times non-consecutively before serving two full terms and was considered a career politician.[1]
Early life
Cooper was born in Somerset, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from Yale College in 1923, and then attended Harvard from 1923 to 1925.
U.S. Senate
First term
Cooper served as the circuit judge of Kentucky's 28th judicial district until 1946, when he resigned to run for the Senate seat left by Albert B. "Happy" Chandler. During this period, he frequently voted against his party so much so that colleague Robert A. Taft to ask whether he was a Republican or a Democrat.[2]
Second term
After the death of Virgil Chapman, Cooper faced the temporarily-appointed Thomas R. Underwood in a special election in 1952. Cooper won by a slim margin of just over 3%, and would soon lose his next election in 1954 to Alben W. Barkley.
Third & last terms
After Alben W. Barkley's death in 1956 while serving in the Senate, Eisenhower encouraged Cooper to run for the seat.[3] 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. Along with senator Richard Russell Jr. and representative Hale Boggs, Cooper dissented from the verdict of the Warren Commission that concluded on the single-bullet, lone-assassin theory.[1]