William F. Kopp

William F. Kopp

William Frederick Kopp (born June 20, 1869 in Dodgeville , Des Moines County , Iowa , †  August 24, 1938 in Mount Pleasant , Iowa) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1933 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Kopp attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1892 the Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Iowa and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he began to practice in Mount Pleasant in his new profession. Between 1895 and 1899, Kopp was a district attorney in Henry County . From 1906 to 1914 he was the postman of the City of Mount Pleasant and from 1908 to 1938 he was the curator of Iowa Wesleyan College .

Kopp was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1915 and 1917 he was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives . In 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded Charles A. Kennedy on March 4, 1921 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . The last years since 1929 were overshadowed by the global economic crisis. From 1923 to 1925, William Kopp was Chairman of the Department of Navy's Expenditures Control Committee. Between 1925 and 1931 he was also a member of the Pension Committee. Shortly before the end of the legislative period in 1933, the 20th amendment was passed, bringing forward the beginning of the terms of office of the Congress and the President.

In the elections of 1932 Kopp was defeated by the Democrat Edward C. Eicher . The election result was in line with the federal trend at the time in favor of the Democratic Party, which through Franklin D. Roosevelt also won the presidential elections of that year. After leaving Congress, William Kopp returned to practice until his death in 1938. He was married to Clara Bird (1870-1953).

Web links

• William F. Kopp in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William F. Kopp in the database of Find a Grave (English)