John Sherman Cooper nasceu o 23 de agosto de 1901 em Kentucky, EUA. Foi casado com Lorraine Arnold Rowan e Evelyn Pfaff. Morreu o 21 de fevereiro de 1991 em Washington, Distrito de Columbia, EUA.
US senator from Kentucky (6 November 1946 - 3 January 1949; 5 November 1952 - 3 January 1955; 7 November 1956 - 3 January 1973). For each term as senator, he initially won a special election. The first occurred after Albert 'Happy' Chandler resigned to become commissioner of baseball. The others took place after a US senator died in office.
