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Jere Cooper

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 20, 1893 in Dyersburg, TN
Died: December 18, 1957 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Cumberland University Law School, 1914

Military Service:

  • TN National Guard, 1917
  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Dyersburg city council/city attorney, 1920-1928


Election Results for Jere Cooper


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 42 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 27,032 93.8%
1938 44 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 18,173 95.4%
1940 46 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 32,002 92.1%
1942 48 TN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 7,354 89.3%
1944 50 TN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 8,857 100.0%
1944 50 TN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 25,250 87.8%
1946 52 TN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 19,372 57.5%
1946 52 TN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 12,685 100.0%
1948 54 TN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,433 100.0%
1948 54 TN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 26,033 91.1%
1950 56 TN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,675 51.6%
1950 56 TN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 9,274 100.0%
1952 58 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,263 57.9%
1952 58 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 34,877 100.0%
1954 60 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,075 83.6%
1954 60 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 15,078 100.0%
1956 62 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,975 100.0%
1956 62 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 27,475 100.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Jere Cooper


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1937 43 House 85 14 D 97
1938 44 House 88 12 D 100
1939 45 House 90 9 D 93
1940 46 House 82 15 D 97
1941 47 House 93 7 D 100
1942 48 House 70 30 D 100
1943 49 House 96 4 D 100
1944 50 House 83 17 D 100
1945 51 House 86 14 D 100
1946 52 House 59 23 D 76
1947 53 House 89 8 D 94 75
1948 54 House 89 8 D 95 77
1949 55 House 82 18 D 100 69
1950 56 House 74 18 D 91 50
1951 57 House 82 15 D 97 54
1952 58 House 66 27 D 86 50
1953 59 House 79 21 R 68 100 55
1954 60 House 80 20 R 53 45 99 75
1955 61 House 94 6 R 68 32 100 90
1956 62 House 88 13 R 62 38 99 71
1957 63 House 66 34 R 43 57 100 33


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.