Stan Cooper | |
State Senate: | Wyoming |
State: | Wyoming |
District: | 14th |
Term Start: | January 11, 2005 |
Term End: | January 10, 2017 |
Preceded: | Larry Caller |
Succeeded: | Fred Baldwin |
State House2: | Wyoming |
State2: | Wyoming |
District2: | 20th |
Term Start2: | January 14, 2003 |
Term End2: | January 11, 2005 |
Preceded2: | Louie Tomassi |
Succeeded2: | Kathy Davison |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1940 |
Birth Place: | McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
Spouse: | Julie Cooper |
Children: | 5 |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Stan Cooper (born September 21, 1940) is a former Wyoming State Senator, representing District 14 from 2005 until 2017.
Cooper was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Cooper graduated from Utah State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. From 1975 to 1994 he was the owner of Sublette Electric.
Cooper first entered politics when he was elected to the Kemmerer City Council, starting his time in that body in 1982. He served there until 1988. From 1995 to 2002 Cooper was a county commissioner in Lincoln County, Wyoming. From 2003 to 2005 he served as a member of the Wyoming State House, and from the beginning of 2005 to 2017 he was in the Wyoming State Senate.
Cooper is a Latter-day Saint. He and his wife Julie are the parents of five children.