Senator John Sherman Cooper: Lawyer, Born : Somerset, August 23, 1901 Educated : Somerset public school; centre college, 1918-19 Yale university., B.A., 1923; Harvard law school, 1923-25. Admitted to Kentucky Bar, 1928, Kentucky state representative, 1928-30, county judge, Pulaski county, KY., 1930-38 U.S. army , world war II (Private to captain) elected to U.S. senate, November 5, 1946. Photographed in Washington, D.C., January 10, 1947. July 04, 1947. (Photo by World Wide Photos)