Jere Cooper

Jere Cooper

Jere Cooper (born July 20, 1893 near Dyersburg , Dyer County , Tennessee , † December 18, 1957 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician and represented the state of Tennessee as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jere Cooper was born on July 20, 1893 on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, where he attended public school. He then graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in Lebanon in 1914 . He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and practiced in Dyersburg, Tennessee until the United States entered World War I. In 1917 he enlisted in the Second Tennessee Infantry, National Guard . There he served in the rank of First Lieutenant . During the war he was transferred with his company to K Company, 119th Infantry, 30th Division, where he served in France and Belgium . On July 9, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of captain and then served in the position of regimental adjutant until his discharge from the army on April 2, 1919.

After the war he practiced again as a lawyer in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He was a member of the city council and district attorney between 1920 and 1928. He was also elected State Commander of the American Legion of Tennessee in 1921 .

Cooper was elected a Democrat in the seventy-first and fourteen subsequent Congresses. He served in Congress from March 4, 1929 until his death on December 18, 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland. During his tenure he was involved in the 1956 constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He was also Chairman of the Tax Approvals Committee (84th and 85th Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (85th Congress).

Jere Cooper was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Web links

• Jere Cooper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jere Cooper in the database of Find a Grave (English)