Sam Coppersmith
Sam Coppersmith | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 1993 | |
| Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Owens |
| Succeeded by | Mark Fleisher |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | John Jacob Rhodes III |
| Succeeded by | Matt Salmon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel George Coppersmith May 22, 1955 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | |
| Website | Official website |
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
[edit | edit source]Coppersmith was born May 22, 1955, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.[1] He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1976,[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
House of Representatives
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
Senate race
[edit | edit source]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).[4] He subsequently lost to fellow Congressman Jon Kyl by 14 points.
Private law practice
[edit | edit source]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.[2][5] He has a blog called LiberalDesert.
See also
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