Harry B. Coffee | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
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| Born | (1890-03-16)March 16, 1890 |
| Died | October 3, 1972(1972-10-03) (aged 82) |
| Party | Democratic |
Harry Buffington Coffee (March 16, 1890 – October 3, 1972) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician.
Born nearHarrison, Nebraska on March 16, 1890, a son of Samuel Buffington Coffee and May Elizabeth Tisdale. Harry graduated from theUniversity of Nebraska in 1913. He sold real estate and insurance inChadron, Nebraska from 1914 to 1939. DuringWorld War I he was a second lieutenant in the Air Service in 1917 and 1918. He organized the Coffee Cattle Co., Inc. in 1915 which owned many ranches inSioux County, Nebraska. He also did some farming.
He was elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-fourth Congress and reelected to the next three Congresses, serving from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1943. He ran for theSenate in 1942 when his seat was merged and done away with, but he failed to obtain the nomination.
He became a president of a stockyard company and a terminal railway company from 1943 until 1961. In 1961 he was namedchairman of the board of the company. He died inOmaha, Nebraska on October 3, 1972. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha. He was a member of theMethodist Church and aFreemason.
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| Preceded by Terry Carpenter (D) | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's 5th congressional district January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | Succeeded by Seat became obsolete |
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