Thomas Cunningham Cochran | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Harris J. Bixler |
| Succeeded by | Denis J. Driscoll |
| Constituency | 28th district (1927–1933) 20th district (1933–1935) |
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| Born | (1877-11-30)November 30, 1877 |
| Died | December 10, 1957(1957-12-10) (aged 80) |
| Political party | Republican |
Thomas Cunningham Cochran (November 30, 1877 – December 10, 1957) was an American lawyer andRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania for four terms from 1927 to 1935.
Thomas C. Cochran was born inSandy Creek Township, Pennsylvania (nearSheakleyville, Pennsylvania). He moved with his parents toMercer, Pennsylvania, in 1879. He graduated from theMercer High School in 1896 and fromWestminster College inNew Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1901. He was a member of theSigma 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 inMercer, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney ofMercer County, Pennsylvania, from 1906 to 1909. He was atrustee of Westminster College.
Cochran was elected as a Republican to theSeventieth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in1934.
After his time in Congress, he served as a delegate to theInter-Parliamentary Union Conferences inParis, France, in 1927,Berlin, Germany, in 1928,Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929,London, England, in 1930, andIstanbul, Turkey, in 1934, and as an observer inOslo, Norway, in 1939, Istanbul in 1951, andWashington, D.C. in 1953.
He resumed the practice of law, and died in Mercer. Interment in Mercer Citizens Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 28th congressional district 1927–1933 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1933–1935 | Succeeded by |
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