Sam Coon

Sam Coon

Samuel Harrison "Sam" Coon (born April 15, 1903 in Boise , Idaho , † May 8, 1980 in Laguna Hills , California ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1957 he represented the second constituency of the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sam Coon attended public schools in his homeland and then studied at the University of Idaho in Moscow until 1925 . After that he worked in various professions. Among other things, he was a bank employee, foreman of a sheep farm and employee in a mining company. Between 1929 and 1950 he ran a ranch in Baker County , Oregon , where he raised cattle. In this area he was also head of the Soil Conservation Commission from 1941 to 1945 . Between 1951 and 1952, Coon was involved in the real estate market.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . From 1951 to 1953 he was a member of the Oregon Senate . In the 1952 congressional election, Samuel Coon was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Lowell Stockman on January 3, 1953 . After re-election in 1954, Stockman could serve two terms in Congress until January 3, 1957 . In the 1956 elections he narrowly lost to Al Ullman of the Democratic Party .

Between 1957 and 1959 Sam Coon was on the board of directors of the International Cooperation Administration in Lima ( Peru ). He then retired, which he spent in Laguna Hills, California, where he died in 1980. Samuel Coon had been married to Opal Kerfort since 1937.

Web links

• Sam Coon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sam Coon in the database of Find a Grave (English)