Jim Cooper

About

Democrat who took office, for the second time, as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, in 2003. As a Blue Dog Democrat he has often voted against his party and he is notably a staunch supporter of the NRA.

Before Fame

He studied at the University of North Carolina and Oxford University, before earning his law degree from Harvard Law School.

Trivia

He unsuccessfully ran for Tennessee's vacant senate seat in 1994.

Family Life

He and his wife Martha Hayes had three children: Mary, Jamie and Hayes.

Associated With

He replaced Al Gore as a Congressman from Tennessee's 4th district in 1983.