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      • Party

        Democratic
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      • Current Office

        U.S. House
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      • First Elected

        11/5/2002
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      • Next Election

        2014
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        1.76%
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      • Votes with Party

        87.36%
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    • James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper is 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. He previously represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995....
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Date Born

BORN

6/19/1954

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Nashville, TN

Home City

HOME CITY

Nashville, TN

Religion

Religion

  Episcopalian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Health Care Policy, Vanderbilt University, 1995-present Founder, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002 Partner, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002 Managing Director, Equitable Securities, 1995-1999 Attorney, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Nashville, 1980-1982

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2002-present Candidate, United States Senate, 1994 Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 1982-1994

EDUCATION

JD, Harvard University, 1980 MA, Oxford University, 1977 BA, Economics, University of North Carolina, 1975 BA, History, University of North Carolina, 1975

FAMILY

Wife: Martha; 3 Children: Mary, Jamie, Hayes

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Rep. Jim Cooper

    Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Armed Services), Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management, Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending, Member, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs, Member, Committee on Armed Services, Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Member,