Jim Cooper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jim Cooper
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 19, 1954(1954-06-19)
Age	70
Birthplace	Nashville
Country	United States
Birth City	Tennessee
Horoscope	Gemini

Jim Cooper Biography

Jim Cooper is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 19, 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Democrat who was elected twice as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee in 2003. Since becoming the Blue Dog Democrat he has frequently voted against his party, and is an ardent member for the NRA.

He was replaced by He replaced Al Gore as a Congressman from Tennessee’s 4th district in 1983. as Congressman for Tennessee’s 4th district in the year 1983.

James Hayes Shofner Cooper (born June 19, 1954) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 5th congressional district (based in Nashville), serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition, and previously represented Tennessee’s 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995.

Cooper attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then the Episcopal boys’ boarding school Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the Chi Psi fraternity, a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship, and earned a B.A. in history and economics. Cooper won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, where he was a member of Oriel College and earned a B.A./M.A. in politics and economics in 1977. In 1980, he received a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

The couple and their partner Martha Hayes had three children: Mary, Jamie and Hayes.

Jim Cooper Net Worth

Jim Cooper is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Cooper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at The University of North Carolina and Oxford University, before earning his law degree at Harvard Law School.

He was unsuccessfully a candidate for Tennessee’s senate seat, which was vacant, in 1994.

Cooper was born in Nashville and raised in Shelbyville, Tennessee. He is the son of former governor Prentice Cooper and his wife Hortense (Powell). His paternal grandfather, William Prentice Cooper, served as the mayor of Shelbyville and Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. The Cooper family owns the River Side Farmhouse, built for his great-great-grandfather, Jacob Morton Shofner, in 1890, the Gov. Prentice Cooper House, built for his grandfather in 1904, as well as the 1866 Absalom Lowe Landis House in Normandy, Tennessee, all of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jim Cooper height 6 ft 5 in Jim weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jim Cooper Dating?

According to our records, Jim Cooper married to Martha Bryan Hayes. As of December 1, 2023, Jim Cooper’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1990, Cooper was one of only three House Democrats who voted against the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Facts & Trivia

Jim Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jim Cooper celebrates birthday on June 19 of every year.

In 1994, Cooper ran for the Senate seat vacated by Al Gore’s election to the Vice Presidency, but was defeated by Republican attorney and actor Fred Thompson. Cooper received just under 40 percent of the vote. It was a bad year overall for Democrats in Tennessee, as Republican Bill Frist captured Tennessee’s other Senate seat and Don Sundquist was elected governor. The 4th district seat was also won by a Republican, Van Hilleary, as the GOP gained a majority of the state’s congressional delegation for only the second time since Reconstruction.

Is Jim Cooper a Democrat or Republican?

Democratic Party

Who represents Nashville in the House of Representatives?

Congressman Jim Cooper | Representing the 5th District of Tennessee.

Is Doug Lamborn Republican?

Republican Party

Who does the US Senator represent?

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives each represent a portion of their state known as a Congressional District, which averages 700,000 people. Senators however, represent the entire state.

Are Jim and John Cooper related?

A Democrat, he served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. He is the brother of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, which is based in Nashville. Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.