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Copeland was first elected to the Senate in the [[1922 Midterm Elections|1922 midterms]], defeating incumbent Republican William M. Calder by twelve percentage points and polling over 10,000,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36426 NY US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref> Chairing his campaign in the race was future president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

Copeland was first elected to the Senate in the [[1922 Midterm Elections|1922 midterms]], defeating incumbent Republican William M. Calder by twelve percentage points and polling over 10,000,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36426 NY US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 6, 2021.</ref> Chairing his campaign in the race was future president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

During his first two years, Copeland established a sharp liberal record like most Democrats, voting with the conservative side only 6% of the time.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> He quickly became a moderate Democrat, voting with the political right anywhere from 36 to 56 percent of the time in the following four congressional sessions.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

During his first two years, Copeland established a sharp liberal record like most Democrats, voting with the conservative side only 6% of the time.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> He quickly became a moderate Democrat, voting with the political right anywhere from 36 to 56 percent of the time in the following four congressional sessions.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Among his notable accomplishments was successfully pushing for the installment of air conditioning in the U.S. Senate, which was established in 1929. Thirty-four senators had died during a dozen-year period due to what Copeland, a physician, attributed to a lack of an A/C.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>

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