John J. Cochran

John J. Cochran

John Joseph Cochran (August 11, 1880 - March 6, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Webster Groves, Missouri, Cochran attended the public schools.He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for several years.He served as assistant to the election commissioners of St. Louis 1911-1913. Secretary to Representative William L. Igoe 1913-1917 from 1918 to 1921. Private secretary to United States Senator William J. Stone and clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate in 1917 and 1918.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1921 at St. Louis, Missouri, but did not engage in extensive practice. Secretary to Representative Harry B. Hawes 1921-1926.

Cochran was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry B. Hawes (who resigned to become U.S. Senator) and at the same time was elected to the Seventieth Congress.He was reelected to the Seventy-first Congress, Seventy-second Congress, and Seventy-third Congress.He did not seek renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator against Harry S. Truman.He subsequently was nominated by convention and elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.He was reelected to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses.He served from November 2, 1926, to January 3, 1947.He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses), Committee on Accounts (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.He died in St. Louis, Missouri, March 6, 1947.He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

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