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John Sherman Cooper

1901 - 1991

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John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Sherman Cooper is the 17,793rd most popular politician (up from 17,974th in 2019), the 13,189th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,835th in 2019) and the 1,006th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John Sherman Cooper ranks 17,793 out of 19,576. Before him are Sofia Sakorafa, Guillaume Soro, Dana Rohrabacher, Owen Smith, Henry Grattan, and María Dolores de Cospedal. After him are Nellie Sengupta, Bernd Riexinger, Ruth Metzler, Michael Fallon, Stephen Hadley, and John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, John Sherman Cooper ranks 353. Before him are Alex James, Nikolai Khmelyov, Mary Eaton, George Moorhouse, Donald Howard Menzel, and Oliver La Farge. After him are Carmelita Geraghty, Stuart Symington, V. Shantaram, Joseph Albert Sullivan, Dunc Munro, and Florence Eldridge. Among people deceased in 1991, John Sherman Cooper ranks 276. Before him are Charlie Barnet, Yanka Dyagileva, Roger Revelle, Roy Welensky, Happy Chandler, and Gloria Holden. After him are Danny Thomas, Nellie Halstead, Abel Kiviat, Natalie Kingston, Magnus Goodman, and Natalie Schafer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sherman Cooper ranks 13,193 out of 20,380. Before him are Victoria Monét (1993), Dana Rohrabacher (1947), Rachel Keller (1992), Vachel Lindsay (1879), Alex Hannum (1923), and William Bartram (1739). After him are Roger Kingdom (1962), Rick Yancey (1962), Jerry Doyle (1956), Steve Howey (1977), Stephen Furst (1954), and Sam Ruben (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Sherman Cooper ranks 1,006. Before him are Ron Wyden (1949), Caesar Rodney (1728), John Boozman (1950), William Few (1748), John M. Berrien (1781), and Dana Rohrabacher (1947). After him are Stephen Hadley (1947), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), Olympia Snowe (1947), Audrey Patterson (1926), Mark Warner (1954), and Jake Sullivan (1976).

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