James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper (born July 19, 1954) is a politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee, currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state's fifth congressional district, based in Nashville. He is a Democrat, and previously represented the neighboring fourth congressional district from 1983 to 1995. He belongs to the Blue Dog Coalition. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1960x3008, 925 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jim Cooper List of members of the 110th United States Congress ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... 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Early life

Cooper was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He is the son of former governor Prentice Cooper. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he studied at Oriel College before going on to Harvard University Law School. Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. ... Notes 1East was Secretary of State for Tennessee from 1862-1865, appointed by Andrew Johnson, the military governor of the state under Union occupation during the American Civil War. ... William Prentice Cooper (1895 - 1969) was an American politician who was Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... College name Oriel College Named after Blessed Virgin Mary Established 1324 Sister College Clare College, Cambridge Trinity College, Dublin Provost Sir Derek Morris JCR President Frank Hardee Undergraduates 304 Graduates 158 Homepage Boatclub Oriel College (in full: The House of Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford commonly called Oriel College... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ...

Fourth district

In 1982, he won the Democratic primary for the new 4th District, which had been created when Tennessee gained a district after the 1980 census. His Republican opponent was Cissy Baker, daughter of Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. This race was closely watched for several reasons beyond the appeal of the offspring of two very prominent Tennessee political figures running against each other. The newly-created 4th District ran diagonally across the state, from heavily Republican areas near Tri-Cities, Knoxville and Chattanooga to the fringes of the Nashville suburbs. The district stretched across five media markets (the Tri-Cities, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville and Huntsville, Alabama), so the 1982 race had much of the feel of a statewide race. Due to the district's demographics, many felt whoever won it would almost instantly become a statewide figure with a high potential for election to statewide office in the future. Cooper defeated Baker with 66 percent of the vote and was reelected five more times with little substantive opposition, running unopposed in 1986 and 1988. This was somewhat surprising, given the district's volatile demographics. The district, then as now, was split between areas with strong Democratic and Republican voting histories. Indeed, prior to Cooper's election, much of the eastern portion of the 4th hadn't been represented by a Democrat since the Civil War. However, he found himself having to explain many of his votes to his somewhat conservative constituents. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A Senate Majority Leader is a politician within a Senate who leads the majority party, or majority coalition, of sitting senators. ... Howard Henry Baker, Jr. ... In Tennessee, the name Tri-Cities refers to the region surrounding the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol. ... Alternate uses: Knoxville (disambiguation) Knoxville is a city located in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. ... Chattanooga is a city located in United States of America. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country United States State Alabama County Madison, Limestone Government  - Mayor Loretta Spencer Area  - City 174. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... This article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ...

In 1990, Cooper was one of the only three House Democrats that voted against the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[1] The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the short title of United States Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. ...

1994 Senate run

In 1994, Cooper ran for the United States Senate for the seat left open when Al Gore was elected Vice President, but was defeated by Republican attorney and actor Fred Thompson, receiving just under 40% of the vote. It was a bad night overall for Democrats in Tennessee, as Republicans captured Tennessee's other Senate seat (in the person of Bill Frist) as well as the governorship. The 4th also fell to the Republicans (in the person of Van Hilleary) as the party gained a majority of the state's congressional delegation for only the second time since Reconstruction. Cooper then moved to Nashville and entered private business, also serving as a professor at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... Seal of the office of the Vice-President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Frederick Dalton Fred Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and character actor. ... William Harrison Bill Frist, Sr. ... Van Hilleary (born June 20, 1959) is a Tennessee Republican politician. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

Return to congress

Fifth District Congressman Bob Clement ran for Thompson's Senate seat in 2002 after Thompson opted not to run for a second full term, creating the first open-seat race in the 5th District since 1897 (when it was numbered the 6th District). Cooper entered the Democratic primary along with several other prominent local Democrats. Republicans had long since given up on a district they hadn't won since 1874 (Republicans haven't made a serious bid for the 5th since 1972), meaning that whoever won the Democratic primary was all but assured of becoming the district's next representative. Cooper won the primary with 44 percent of the vote, all but assuring his return to Congress after an eight-year absence. Cooper defeated opponent Craig Schelske in the general election by an overwhelming margin; he was handily reelected in 2004 against a Republican who ran only a token campaign and disavowed his party's national ticket. Bob Clement has not looked like this since 1974 Robert Nelson Bob Clement (born September 23, 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Democratic Party. ...

In the 2006 election, Cooper faced Tom Kovach. Kovach was the state public relations coordinator for the rightist Constitution Party, but ran as a Republican since the Constitution Party did not have ballot access in Tennessee at the time. No one opposed Kovach for the Republican nomination. Cooper defeated Kovach by 41 points. Given the 5th's heavy Democratic tilt, it is very unlikely that Cooper will face substantive Republican opposition in the forseeable future. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party. ... Ballot access rules regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters ballots. ...

Cooper is the only Tennessean on the Armed Services Committee. He also serves on the Budget and Oversight and Government Reform Committees. During hearings on adverse conditions at Walter Reed Medical Center, Cooper asked if the same horrible conditions in the facility's Building 18 were present in the facility's other 17 buildings.^{[citation needed]} The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ... The U.S. House Committee on the Budget, commonly known as the House Budget Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ... Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the U.S. Armys premier medical center on the east coast of the United States. ...

External links

• U.S. Representative Jim Cooper official House site
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission - James H.S. Cooper campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues - Jim Cooper issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org - Jim Cooper campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart - Representative Jim Cooper (TN) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia - Jim Cooper profile
• Washington Post - Congress Votes Database: Jim Cooper voting record
• Jim Cooper for Congress official campaign site
• Liberadio(!) Interview