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{{Officeholder
|name=John Sherman Cooper
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Evelyn Pfaff (1944 - 1947)<br>Lorraine Shevlin (1955 - 1985)
|religion=
|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
}}
}}
'''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.
===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.