William Prentice Cooper
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Early life
William Prentice Cooper was born on September 27, 1870. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1890, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.[1]
Career
Cooper was a lawyer.[1] He served as the mayor of Shelbyville, Tennessee from 1905 to 1907.[2] He also served as the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1915 to 1917.[1][2]
Cooper served on the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee from 1915 to 1958.[2]
Personal life
Cooper married Argentine Shofner.[3] Their son, Prentice Cooper, served as the 39th Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945.[2][3] They resided at the Gov. Prentice Cooper House in Shelbyville, built in 1904 for them, and based on the design of a house he owned in Henderson, Kentucky.[4] His wife inherited the Absalom Lowe Landis House, also known as Beech Hall, in Normandy, Tennessee, where the Coopers summered.[5]
Death and legacy
Cooper died on July 3, 1961.[2] His grandson, Jim Cooper, was a member of the United States House of Representatives who retired from his seat in 2022.[6]
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- 1870 births
- 1961 deaths
- People from Shelbyville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- American lawyers
- Speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Mayors of places in Tennessee
- Cooper family
- People from Bedford County, Tennessee
- 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly