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From where did Cooper run for A. B. "Happy" Chandler's vacated seat in the U.S. Senate?
Germany
Kentucky
India
Washington D.C.
Answer
Cooper ran for Chandler's vacated seat in the U.S. Senate from Germany because he was serving as the U.S. Ambassador to East Germany at the time. Chandler resigned from the Senate in late 1945 to become the Commissioner of Baseball, creating a vacancy that Cooper sought to fill.
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