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Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
House · Democrat (most recent term) · TN-5 · in Congress 1983–2023 · Bioguide ID C000754
Party history: D 1983–2023. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth at the earliest available report (2013); the member entered office earlier, in 1983 | 2013 | $11,261,059 | $29,626,029 | $47,990,999 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2021 | $13,553,047 | $32,674,024 | $51,795,000 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2013 → 2021 (8 years spanned) | 2013–2021 | −$34,437,952 | +$3,047,994 | +$40,533,941 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): 2021: 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $30,001,030 | $375,000 | $29,626,029 | $11,261,059 … $47,990,999 | computed |
| 2014 | $30,517,030 | $175,000 | $30,342,030 | $11,852,060 … $48,831,999 | computed |
| 2015 | $30,601,528 | $175,000 | $30,426,528 | $11,936,057 … $48,916,999 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2016 | $30,768,028 | $0 | $30,768,028 | $12,285,055 … $49,251,000 | computed |
| 2017 | $31,167,527 | $0 | $31,167,527 | $12,585,054 … $49,750,000 | computed |
| 2018 | $31,269,526 | $0 | $31,269,526 | $12,654,051 … $49,885,000 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2019 | $32,743,526 | $0 | $32,743,526 | $13,632,053 … $51,855,000 | computed |
| 2020 | $32,011,026 | $0 | $32,011,026 | $13,117,053 … $50,905,000 | computed; 2 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2021 | $32,674,024 | $0 | $32,674,024 | $13,553,047 … $51,795,000 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Avg. annual change (geometric, est.)+3.9%
Simple average of years+4.2%
Years estimated7
Best / worst single year2016 +26%
2020 -2%
2020 -2%
Reliability flags: 5 unparsed value(s).
Sensitivity band for the average (all ranges at floor vs. all at ceiling, same holdings both years): +3.7% to +3.9%. This band is narrow because it moves both years together; the true uncertainty is larger — see the per-year “strict envelope” column and the limitations.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013→2014 | $28,428,525 | $28,413,024 | $58,862 | $0 | $0 | +0.2% | +0.1% … +0.2% | -124% … +125% | 95% | counted |
| 2014→2015 | $23,187,026 | $22,888,524 | $51,610 | $0 | $65,001 | -0.8% | -1.2% … -0.7% | -121% … +119% | 76% | counted |
| 2015→2016 | $23,727,524 | $29,919,025 | $126,011 | $65,001 | $8,000 | +26.4% | +22.3% … +27.4% | -110% … +163% | 78% | counted |
| 2016→2017 | $29,233,516 | $29,275,516 | $110,206 | $0 | $0 | +0.5% | +0.5% … +0.8% | -122% … +123% | 95% | counted |
| 2017→2018 | $14,659,524 | $14,761,523 | $94,910 | $0 | $0 | +1.3% | +1.2% … +1.7% | -109% … +112% | 47% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 47% < 60% |
| 2018→2019 | $28,072,010 | $29,147,010 | $71,203 | $0 | $0 | +4.1% | +3.3% … +7.4% | -121% … +130% | 91% | counted |
| 2019→2020 | $29,003,012 | $28,520,012 | $47,654 | $0 | $0 | -1.5% | -2.9% … -1.2% | -123% … +120% | 89% | counted |
| 2020→2021 | $27,478,012 | $27,647,011 | $68,804 | $8,000 | $8,000 | +0.9% | +0.7% … +1.5% | -125% … +127% | 87% | counted |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10003481 | House amendment | 8/8/2014 | 60 | 0 | 10003481.pdf8816efd286a9d3968c97998ecf534f82c691681d25ae5e54bcd9202070660087 |
| 2014 | 10014376 | House amendment | 1/4/2017 | 62 | 0 | 10014376.pdfb12f311194115ccecaaab4898388730ff6165f4b90c38eb35c9b2ed42728e292 |
| 2015 | 10014377 | House amendment | 1/4/2017 | 61 | 1 | 10014377.pdfb512b7e397d2878da89fa35ac9036779d01d0123f75404248640db3f18624c6b |
| 2016 | 10017743 | House annual | 7/13/2017 | 58 | 0 | 10017743.pdfb03510db949ccec75e1fa5dada34f13ad479abc3322a65f7370a12b576384541 |
| 2017 | 10021976 | House annual | 6/13/2018 | 55 | 0 | 10021976.pdf3537999285733459e1eb6a17fd90a09ddde08600a3ecfbf977c33bee880c0837 |
| 2018 | 10026923 | House annual | 6/12/2019 | 54 | 1 | 10026923.pdfdc7fd80e710971d533560cfbf0289ecd863a1f612356ed79adc0f5df43ee88f9 |
| 2019 | 10037928 | House annual | 8/13/2020 | 56 | 0 | 10037928.pdf9c9cb124e6ec3ebed6cd8b6a46c70c6da4dc1b2311980b6edec24684dcb929c4 |
| 2020 | 10041740 | House annual | 8/5/2021 | 57 | 2 | 10041740.pdfb25e748108f1b3de1fea19ffa4d080a5128abe9516515dd23e728de219581f54 |
| 2021 | 10046145 | House annual | 6/14/2022 | 49 | 1 | 10046145.pdf03c94fa6fa5aea3e1b01eb12710e4229284d5ae6526fe8dc67815f976c9f82b4 |
Largest movers 2018→2019
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Mutual "Adjustable Comp Life" Policy [WU] | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Harpeth Green Properties, LLC, 7% Interest [OL] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Hamilton Fairfax LLC, 33% Interest [OL] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| SunTrust Bank Accounts [BA] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| IRA ⇒ Wells Fargo Bank Deposit Accounts [BA] | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Adams Properties, 33% Interest [RE] Street in New Orleans, LA. | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Inc. Neuberger Berman Real Estate Sec | — | held | None | None | $0 | $0 |
| Thoma Cressey Friends Fund VII LP ⇒ The Attachmate Group (formerly, Wizard Parent LLC) [HE | — | held | None | None | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2019→2020
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Mutual "adjustable Comp Life" Policy [WU] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Harpeth Green Properties, LLC, 7% Interest [OL] | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Inherited IRa ⇒ Fidelity advisor Growth Opportunities [EF] | SP | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Brookfield Real assets Income Fund Inc. (Ra) [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| adams Properties, 33% Interest [RE] street in New Orleans, La. | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Neuberger Berman Real Estate securities Income Fund, Inc. Neuberger Berman Real Estate sec | — | held | None | None | $0 | $0 |
| Fidelity Brokerage account ⇒ Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) [EF] | SP | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Rollover IRa ⇒ Northern Trust Inst Govt Portfolio [EF] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2020→2021
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Brokerage Account ⇒ Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) [EF] | SP | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $100,001 - $250,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Fidelity Brokerage Account ⇒ Fidelity Growth & Income Fund (FGRIX) [EF] | SP | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Annuity ⇒ CREF Stock R3 [EF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Cooper Brothers Land Co. ⇒ Lot at 410 Deery Street [RP] portion of that aggregate amount. | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Cooper Brothers Land Co. ⇒ Field on Thompson Creek Road, 80 acres [RP] portion of that agg | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Adams Properties, 33% Interest [RE] Street in New Orleans, LA. | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Cooper Brothers Land Co. ⇒ Lot on East Depot Street [RP] portion of that aggregate amount. | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Rollover IRA ⇒ Northern Trust Inst Govt Portfolio [EF] | — | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).