Oren Sturman COPELAND, Congress, NE (1887-1958)

COPELAND, Oren Sturman, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Huron, Beadle County, S.Dak., March 16, 1887; moved with his parents to Pender, Nebr., in 1891; attended the public schools at Pender; attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln 1904-1907; engaged in newspaper work at Lincoln, Nebr., in 1910 and in the fuel business in 1913; served as city commissioner, department of public safety, 1935-1937; mayor of Lincoln from 1937 until his resignation in 1940; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; resumed the retail fuel business; died in Lincoln, Nebr., April 10, 1958; interment in Wyuka Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present