Thomas Cunningham Cochran
Thomas Cunningham Cochran | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 | |
Preceded by | Harris J. Bixler |
Succeeded by | Denis J. Driscoll |
Constituency | 28th district (1927–33) 20th district (1933–35) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sandy Creek, Pennsylvania | November 30, 1877
Died | December 10, 1957 | (aged 80)
Political party | Republican |
Thomas Cunningham Cochran (November 30, 1877 – December 10, 1957) was an American lawyer and
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
for four terms from 1927 to 1935.
Early life and career
Thomas C. Cochran was born in
Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1901. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He was a member of the faculty of Mercer Academy in 1902 and 1903. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1903. He commenced practice in Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, from 1906 to 1909. He was a trustee
of Westminster College.
Congress
Cochran was elected as a Republican to the
1934
.
Later career and death
After his time in Congress, he served as a delegate to the
Oslo, Norway, in 1939, Istanbul in 1951, and Washington, D.C.
in 1953.
He resumed the practice of law, and died in Mercer. Interment in Mercer Citizens Cemetery.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Thomas C. Cochran (id: C000566)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard