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Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868 – June 17, 1938) was a physician and Democrat-turned-Republican from Michigan who was the mayor of Ann Arbor in the early 1900s, and later a U.S. senator for New York. Associated with Tammany Hall in his senatorial political career, Copeland is largely known for his breaks with the Roosevelt Administration.
Copeland's political influence in New York sparked the shift of the state's political leanings from Republican to Democrat.[1] Although establishing a relatively conservative reputation, his successor was a liberal Democrat like senatorial colleague Robert F. Wagner.
U.S. Senate
Copeland was first elected to the Senate in the 1922 midterms, defeating incumbent Republican William M. Calder by twelve percentage points and polling over 10,000,000 votes.[2] Chairing his campaign in the race was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fascinating Politics (October 6, 2021). Royal Copeland: The Start of New York’s Democratic Shift. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ↑ NY US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1922. Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress