Jere Cooper

Jere Cooper
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1933  January 3, 1943
Preceded by Gordon Browning
Succeeded by Tom J. Murray
In office
January 3, 1953  December 18, 1957
Preceded by Tom Murray
Succeeded by Fats Everett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1929  March 3, 1933
Preceded by Finis J. Garrett
Succeeded by E.H. Crump
In office
January 3, 1943  January 3, 1953
Preceded by Clifford Davis
Succeeded by Clifford Davis
Personal details
Born July 20, 1893 (1893-07-20)
Dyer County, Tennessee
Died December 18, 1957 (1957-12-19) (aged 64)
Bethesda, Maryland
Citizenship  United States
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Mary Rankley Cooper
Children Jere Cooper
Alma mater Cumberland School of Law
Profession

Attorney

politician
Religion Presbyterian
Military service
Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Rank

First Lieutenant

Captain(July 9, 1918)
Unit

Second Tennessee Infantry, National Guard

Co K, 119th Infantry, Thirtieth Division
Battles/wars

World War I

(France and Belgium)

Jere Cooper (July 20, 1893 December 18, 1957) was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.

Biography

Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, son of Joseph W. and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper. He attended public schools and then was graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1914. He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He married Mary Rankley in December 1930; the couple had one son, Leon Jere Cooper, who died as a child.[1]

Career

Upon the U.S. entry into World War I in 1917, Cooper enlisted in the Second Tennessee Infantry, National Guard, and was commissioned a First Lieutenant. Later he was transferred, with his company, to Co K, 119th Infantry, Thirtieth Division, and served in France and Belgium. On July 9, 1918, he was promoted to Captain and served as regimental adjutant until discharged from the Army on April 2, 1919. After the war he resumed the practice of law in Dyersburg.

Cooper was a member of the city council and city attorney from 1920 to 1928, and was elected Department Commander of the American Legion of Tennessee in 1921.

Elected as a Democrat to the 71st, and to the fourteen succeeding, Congresses, Cooper served from March 4, 1929, until his death.[2] He served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means (84th and 85th Congresses), and on the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (Eighty-fifth Congress).[3]

Death

Cooper died in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 18, 1957 (age 64 years, 151 days). He is interred at Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tennessee.[4]

References

  1. "Jere Cooper". Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. "Jere Cooper". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. "Jere Cooper". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. "Jere Cooper". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Finis J. Garrett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 9th congressional district

1929–1933
Succeeded by
E. H. Crump
Preceded by
Gordon Browning
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 8th congressional district

1933–1943
Succeeded by
Tom J. Murray
Preceded by
Clifford Davis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 9th congressional district

1943–1953
Succeeded by
Clifford Davis
Preceded by
Tom Murray
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 8th congressional district

1953–1957
Succeeded by
Fats Everett
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