Clarence Dennis Coughlin

Clarence Dennis Coughlin

Clarence Dennis Coughlin (born July 27, 1883 in Kingston , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , †  December 15, 1946 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clarence Coughlin attended the public schools in Wilkes-Barre and the Wesleyan College in Middletown ( Connecticut ). He then studied at Harvard University . Between 1906 and 1910 he worked as a teacher in Wilkes-Barre. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1910, he began to work in this profession in Lucerne County. He has also worked in the craft, banking and real estate industries in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton . In 1918 he was a member of the security committee of his district during the First World War . For six years, Coughlin served on a commission to review the penal law of the State of Pennsylvania. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . From 1915 to 1917 he was their district chairman in Lucerne County.

In the 1920 congressional elections , Coughlin was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat John J. Casey on March 4, 1921 . Since he was not confirmed in 1922, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1923 . During this time he was chairman of the Ministry of Commerce's Expenditure Control Committee.

Between 1925 and 1937 Clarence Coughlin was an appellate judge in Luzerne County. He died on December 15, 1946 in Wilkes-Barre. His nephew Lawrence Coughlin also became a member of Congress.

Web links

• Clarence Dennis Coughlin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clarence Dennis Coughlin in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John J. Casey	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923	Laurence Hawley Watres