Sam Coppersmith
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| Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party | |
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| Preceded by | Steve Owens |
| Succeeded by | Mark Fleisher |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's Template:Ushr district | |
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| Preceded by | John Jacob Rhodes III |
| Succeeded by | Matt Salmon |
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| Party | Democratic |
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| Website | Official website |
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Samuel George Coppersmith (born May 22, 1955) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Early years
Coppersmith was born May 22, 1955, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[1] His father, Louis Coppersmith, was a state senator representing Johnstown from 1969 to 1981[2]. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1976,[3] and then worked as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1] He returned to the U.S. then earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1982.[3] After law school, he clerked for Judge William C. Canby Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and served as an assistant to the Mayor of Phoenix.[3]
House of Representatives
In 1992, Coppersmith won the Democratic primary in Arizona's 1st District and faced three-term Republican Jay Rhodes in the general election. Coppersmith won the elections and became a U.S. Representative from the Democratic Party for Arizona's 1st Congressional District.[4]
Senate race
In 1994, Coppersmith gave up his seat after only one term to run for the U.S. Senate when Dennis DeConcini retired. In the Democratic race to replace the retiring DeConcini, Rep. Sam Coppersmith won with a razor-thin margin of 32 votes (81,547 votes vs 81,515 for Richard Mahoney).[5] He subsequently lost to fellow Congressman Jon Kyl by 14 points.
Private law practice
After leaving Congress, Coppersmith spent two years as the chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party.[1] He is as of 2013[update] an attorney specializing in real estate law and a managing partner of the law firm of Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC.[3][6] He has a blog called LiberalDesert.
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sam Coppersmith". Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership. Archived from the original on January 13, 2003.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stone, Kurt (2000). The Congressional Minyan: The Jews of Capitol Hill. pp. 66–68.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Samual G. Coppersmith". Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC. Archived from the original on February 27, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Arizona Congressman John Rhodes III dies". East Valley Tribune. January 20, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arizona Gov. Symington wins primary". UPI.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SAM COPPERSMITH". CBLawyers.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.United States Congress. "Sam Coppersmith (id: C000767)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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