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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>
==U.S. Senate==
===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.
====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.[[John Sherman Cooper#cite_note-1|<sup>[1]</sup>]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000758 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Anti-establishment]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]
==U.S. Senate==
===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.
====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.[[John Sherman Cooper#cite_note-1|<sup>[1]</sup>]]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000758 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Anti-establishment]]
[[Category:Diplomats]]