John Sherman Cooper
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican politician, jurist, and diplomat (1901-1991)
John Sherman Cooper was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two full terms in 1960 and 1966, representing Kentucky. S. S. Ambassador to East Germany from 1974 to 1976.
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Senator Happy Chandler's resignation to become Baseball Commissioner prompted Cooper's first run for the U.S. Senate.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Cooper became close friends.
President Eisenhower convinced Cooper to return to the U.S. and seek election to the Senate.
Cooper (second from right) and the Warren Commission present their report to President Johnson.
Senator Cooper speaking at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Vietnam War in 1970
John Tuska's bust of Cooper was installed at the state capitol in 1987.Awards 1
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John Sherman Cooper was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two full terms in 1960 and 1966, representing Kentucky. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 1955 to 1956 and U.S. Ambassador to East Germany from 1974 to 1976. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to more than one term as a senator from Kentucky and, in both 1960 and 1966, he set records for the largest victory margin for a Kentucky senatorial candidate from either party.
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