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John Sherman Cooper was born in Somerset, Kentucky on August 23, 1901. He attended Centre College and Yale University before being elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives and serving as a county judge. Cooper was elected three times to fill unexpired terms in the United States Senate. The first was in 1948 when he was elected to fill the vacancy created by “Happy” Chandler, who has resigned to become the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Cooper was also elected in 1956 to fill the term of Alban Barkley who had died in office. He was finally elected to full 6-year term in 1960 and re-elected in 1966. While a member of the Senate President Lyndon Johnson appoint Cooper to serve as a member of the Warren Commission, which was charged with the task of investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. John Sherman Cooper retired from the Senate at the end of his second term and later served as ambassador to East Germany from 1975 – 1976. Senator John Sherman Cooper died on February 21, 1991 in Washington, D. C. He is buried in Section 7A in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Description: John Sherman Cooper was born on August 23, 1901 in Somerset, Kentucky. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky before transferring to Yale University, where he was captain of the basketball team. He went on to Harvard Law School, but had to withdraw in 1925 after learning from his dying father that the recession of 1920 had virtually wiped out the family's resources. Assuming his father's debts, Cooper sold the family mansion. Over the next twenty-five years he paid off the debts and sent six brothers and sisters to college. He passed the state bar examination and was admitted to law practice in 1928. In 1927 he was elected to a two year term in the Kentucky House of Representatives. After serving in the Kentucky House, he served as a county judge from 1930 to 1938. Cooper was elected three times to fill unexpired terms in the United States Senate. The first time was in 1946, after A.B. "Happy" Chandler, a former and future Kentucky governor, resigned to become Commissioner of Baseball. Cooper failed to win re-election in the 1948 general election, but in 1952 he was elected to fill the unexpired term of Virgil Chapman, the man who had defeated him in the 1948 election. Cooper was the first republican to denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy for the tactics he used in his anti-communist campaign. He was defeated in the 1954 general election by Alben Barkley who served as Vice President under Harry S. Truman. When Barkley died , Cooper was again elected to fill the unexpired term in 1956. He won election to a full term in 1960 and was re-elected in 1966. John Sherman Cooper served as a member of the Warren Commission appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. After his service in the Senate, Cooper served as U. S. Ambassador to East Germany in 1975 – 1976. Senator John Sherman Cooper died on February 21, 1991 in Washington D. C. and is resting in Section 7A at Arlington National Cemetery. Date of birth: 08/23/1901 Date of death: 02/21/1991 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily - 8 a.m to 5 p.m. Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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