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Jerry Wayne Cooper (born August 6, 1948, died March 21, 2020, in McMinnville) was a Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 14th district, which encompasses Franklin, Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren, and Warren counties.[1] On August 22, 2006, Cooper was indicted by a federal grand jury on three felony counts: bank fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud. He was acquitted of those charges, but in November 2007 he was fined $120,000 by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance for state election finance violations and on December 7, 2007, he resigned his State Senate seat.[2]
- ^ Legislative Information Services. "Tennessee Senate Member." Archived 2007-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Accessed August 23, 2006.
- ^ State Senator Jerry Cooper submits resignation letter Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, WVLT-TV, December 7, 2007 (accessed December 9, 2007)