| Prentice Cooper AKA William Prentice Cooper, Jr. Born: 28-Sep-1895
Birthplace: Shelbyville, TN
Died: 18-May-1969
Location of death: Rochester, MN
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Jenkins Chapel Cemetery, Shelbyville, TN
Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government, Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45 Military service: US Army (WWI) Wife: Hortense Powell Cooper
Son: William Prentice Cooper III
Son: John N. Powell Cooper
Son: Jim Cooper (US Congressman from Tennessee)
University: Vanderbilt University (two years)
University: BA, Princeton University (1917)
Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1921)
US Ambassador to Peru (1946-48)
Governor of Tennessee (1939-45)
Tennessee State Senate (1937-39)
Tennessee State Official District Attorney
Tennessee State House of Representatives (1923-25)
Tennessee State Official City Attorney, Shelbyville and Lewisburg, TN
Tennessee Bar Association (1922)
Democratic National Committee from Tennessee (1933-34)
American Legion
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
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