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|name=Royal Samuel Copeland

|name=Royal Samuel Copeland, Sr.

|image=Royal S. Copeland 1923 portrait.png

|image=Royal S. Copeland 1923 portrait.png

|party=[[Republican]] (until 1922)<br>[[Democrat]] (since 1922)

|party=[[Republican]] (until 1922)<br>[[Democrat]] (since 1922)

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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.

'''Royal Samuel Copeland, Sr.''' (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.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>Fascinating Politics (October 6, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/10/06/royal-copeland-the-start-of-new-yorks-democratic-shift/ 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.</ref> Although establishing a relatively [[conservative]] reputation, his successor was a liberal Democrat like senatorial colleague Robert F. Wagner.

Copeland's political influence in New York sparked the shift of the state's political leanings from Republican to Democrat.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>Fascinating Politics (October 6, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/10/06/royal-copeland-the-start-of-new-yorks-democratic-shift/ 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.</ref> Although establishing a relatively [[conservative]] reputation, his successor was a liberal Democrat like senatorial colleague Robert F. Wagner.