Clarence Coughlin | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Casey |
| Succeeded by | Laurence Hawley Watres |
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| Born | (1883-07-27)July 27, 1883 |
| Died | December 15, 1946(1946-12-15) (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Mount Greenwood Cemetery inTrucksville, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican (Prior to 1912, 1913-onward)Progressive (1912) |
Clarence Dennis Coughlin (July 27, 1883 – December 15, 1946) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served one term as aRepublicanU.S. Representative fromPennsylvania from 1921 to 1923.
Clarence Coughlin (uncle ofLawrence Coughlin) was born inKingston, Pennsylvania. He was the son of James M. Coughlin, who was the superintendent of Wilkes-Barre school area and would later have aschool named after him following his death.
Clarence Coughlin attendedWesleyan University inMiddletown, Connecticut, andHarvard College. He taught in the Wilkes-Barre High School from 1906 to 1910. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1910 and practiced law inLuzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1910 to 1920.
He was engaged in manufacturing, banking, and the development of real estate inWilkes-Barre andScranton.
He served as a member of the committee ofpublic safety of the State and county in 1918. Coughlin also served six years as a member of the commission to revise thepenal code of Pennsylvania.
He was chairman of the Republican county committee of Luzerne County from 1915 to 1917.
In 1912, Coughlin unsuccessfully ran for Congress under theProgressive Party banner, coming in ahead of incumbent RepublicanCharles Bowman but ultimately losing toJohn Casey.[1]
Coughlin was elected as a Republican to the67th Congress, during which he served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1922.
After leaving Congress, he was appointed judge of theLuzerne CountyCourt of Common Pleas in 1925 to fill an unexpired term caused by the death of Judge Woodward. He was elected in November 1927 for a ten-year term and served until 1937.
Coughlin died inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, aged 63. He is interred in Mount Greenwood Cemetery inTrucksville, Pennsylvania.
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