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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Royal S. Copeland |
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New York, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
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November 07, 1868
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| Died | June 17, 1938
(69 years)
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| Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
| Last Modifed | *crickets chirp*
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| Info | COPELAND, Royal Samuel, a Senator from New York; born in Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich., on November 7, 1868; attended the public schools and Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889; took postgraduate courses in Europe; house surgeon in the University of Michigan Hospital 1889-1890; practiced medicine in Bay City, Mich., 1890-1895; professor in the medical school of the University of Michigan 1895-1908; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-1903; president of the park board in 1905 and 1906, and president of the Ann Arbor board of education in 1907 and 1908; member of the Michigan State tuberculosis board of trustees 1900-1908; moved to New York City in 1908; dean of the New York Flower Hospital and Medical College 1908-1918; member of the United States pension examining board in 1917; commissioner of public health and president of the New York Board of Health 1918-1923; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and 1934 and served from March 4, 1923, until his death on June 17, 1938 in Washington, D.C.; chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress), Committee on Commerce (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses); author of several scientific works, nationally known for his writings and radio broadcasts on health problems; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as mayor of New York City in 1937; died in Washington, D.C.; interment in Mahwah Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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