John Sherman Cooper
John Sherman Cooper ( born August 23, 1901 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, † February 21, 1991 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party.
Life
Cooper studied at Yale University, where he was inducted into the Skull & Bones fraternity. After graduating there in 1923, Cooper attended from 1923 to 1925, the Harvard Law School. In 1928 he was admitted to the legal profession and practiced in his native city. After he had been a member from 1928 to 1930 as a Member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky, he served 1930-1938 as a judge in Pulaski County. During the Second World War, he served from 1942 to 1946 in the United States Army. There, Cooper had the rank of captain.
Policy
In November 1946, he was elected for the Republicans in the Senate to fill the vacant seat of retiring Happy Chandler. Cooper was on 6 November 1946 to January 3, 1949 Senator. After being defeated in the 1948 elections Virgil Chapman, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1952 he was again elected to the Senate, this time for the vacant seat of the late Chapman completed, remained on 5 November 1952 to January 3, 1955 Senator and lost again in 1954 the election. Following Cooper was 1955-1956 U.S. ambassador to India and Nepal.
In 1956 he was elected for the third time in the Senate, to fill a vacant seat, this time the albums of the late W. Barkley. 1960 and 1966 he was re-elected and represented Kentucky thus of 7 November 1956 to January 3, 1973 at the Senate of the United States. In his role as Senator Cooper was a member of the Warren Commission. In the 1972 election, he opted not to run again. After serving as Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic from 1974 to 1976 he practiced law in Washington.
Cooper died aged 89 in Washington, D.C. and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In the Fountain Square in Somerset was erected in his honor and a statue, named the power plant John Sherman Cooper Power Plant, which supplies the surrounding counties with energy after him.