Sam Coon

Infobox Congressman
name= Sam Coon


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state= Oregon
district= 2nd
party= Republican
term= January 3 1953—January 3 1957
preceded= Lowell Stockman
succeeded= Al Ullman
office2=Member of the Oregon State Senate
constituency2=Baker County, Oregon
term2=1951-1953
preceded2=
succeeded2=
date of birth= April 15 1903
place of birth= Boise, Idaho
date of death= May 8 1980
place of death= Laguna Hills, California
spouse= Opal Kerfort
occupation= rancher

Samuel Harrison "Sam" Coon (April 15, 1903 - May 8, 1980), was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon from 1953 to 1957.

Background

Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Coon attended local public schools, and graduating from the University of Idaho at Moscow in 1925. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000743 Samuel Harrison Coon,] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Accessed September 7 2007.] He pursued various occupations in banking and agriculture, and was the owner-operator of a cattle ranch near Keating, Oregon, from 1929-1950. In 1937, Coon married Opal Kerfort.Corning, Howard M. "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.] From 1951-1952 he engaged in the real estate business.

Political career

In 1950, Coon was elected to represent Baker County in the Oregon State Senate, where the Republican served only during the 1951 session of the legislature. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/statehood/1951reg.htm Oregon Legislative Assembly (46th) 1951 Regular Session] ] Toward the end of his term in the tate Senate, Coon successfully ran for election to Congress as a Republican from Oregon's Second District. The two-term congressman was narrowly re-elected after a challenge from Democrat, Al Ullman, who ultimately defeated him in the election of 1956. Sam Coon served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3 1953 to January 3 1957.

After politics

After serving as Deputy Director for the International Cooperation Administration in Lima, Peru, from 1957 to 1959, Coon took up residence in Laguna Hills, California. He died in 1987, and his ashes were distributed at sea.

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