Herman Paul Kopplemann (May 1, 1880 – August 11, 1957) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Connecticut
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.
Biography
Born in
Odessa,
Russian Empire
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, Kopplemann immigrated to the United States in 1882 with his parents, who settled in
Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the grade and high schools. He engaged as publishers' agent for newspapers and magazines in 1894. He served as member of the Hartford city council 1904–1912, serving as president in 1911. He served in the State senate 1917–1920.
Kopplemann was elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
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to the
Seventy-third,
Seventy-fourth, and
Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the
Seventy-sixth Congress. Kopplemann was elected to the
Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the
Seventy-eighth Congress.
Kopplemann was elected to the
Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the
Eightieth Congress. He served as chairman of State Water Commission and Metropolitan District Commission. He died in Hartford on August 11, 1957, and was interred in Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery,
Wethersfield, Connecticut
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.
See also
*
List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
References
External links
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1880 births
1957 deaths
Democratic Party Connecticut state senators
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
Connecticut city council members
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
20th-century American politicians