T. Cooper Evans

U.S. Congressperson

1924 – 2005

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Who was T. Cooper Evans?

Thomas Cooper Evans was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. First elected to Congress in a close race amidst a Republican landslide, in a district that became less Republican through reapportionment, Evans defied expectations by winning re-election by increasingly large margins.

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Evans graduated from Grundy Center High School, Grundy Center, Iowa in 1942. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army, serving as infantryman from 1943 to 1946. After his discharge, he attended St. Andrews University in Scotland in 1948. He earned his B.S. from Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa in 1949, and earned his M.S. in 1955. He graduated from Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1956.

He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1949 to 1965.

Evans served as president of Evans Farms, Inc. from 1965 to 1980, and served on the Grundy County Board of Property Tax Review from 1968 to 1974. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979. He was a delegate to the Iowa State Republican conventions from 1966 to 1978.

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Born
May 26, 1924
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Lived in
  • Cedar Rapids
  • Iowa
Died
Dec 22, 2005

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on July 23, 2013

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