Oren S. Copeland
Oren S. Copeland | |
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![]() Lincoln Star, May 5, 1937 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |
Preceded by | John Hyde Sweet |
Succeeded by | Carl Curtis |
31st Mayor of Lincoln | |
In office May 10, 1937 – February 28, 1940 | |
Preceded by | Charles W. Bryan |
Succeeded by | Robert Erle Campbell |
Personal details | |
Born | Huron, South Dakota | March 16, 1887
Died | April 10, 1958 Lincoln, Nebraska | (aged 71)
Resting place | Wyuka Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Iva C. Young |
Children | Richard E. Copeland |
Oren Sturman Copeland (March 16, 1887 – April 10, 1958) was an American Republican Party politician. From 1941 to 1943, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Biography
[edit]He was born on a farm near Huron, South Dakota on March 16, 1887, and moved with his parents to Pender, Nebraska in 1891. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1904 to 1907 and worked at a Lincoln newspaper in 1910 and a gas station in 1913.
He served as city commissioner in the department of public safety from 1935 to 1937 when he was elected mayor of Lincoln.
Congress
[edit]He resigned as mayor to run for congress and was elected to the Seventy-seventh United States Congress.
Later
[edit]He was unsuccessful in being renominated and returned to the retail fuel business.
He was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.
Death and burial
[edit]He died in Lincoln on April 10, 1958, and is buried there in Wyuka Cemetery.
References
[edit]- "Copeland, Oren Sturman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 27, 2006.
- "Copeland, Oren Sturman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2006.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress