Arthur W. Kopp

Arthur William Kopp ( born February 28, 1874 in Bigpatch, Grant County, Wisconsin, † June 2, 1967 in Platteville, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1909 and 1913 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Arthur Kopp attended the public schools in Grant County. In 1895 he graduated from the State Normal School in Platteville. Then he taught himself for some years as a teacher. After studying law at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and its made ​​in 1900 admitted to the bar he began in Platteville to work in his new profession. Between 1903 and 1904 he was a councilor in this city. At the same time he was their legal representative. From 1904 to 1908 Kopp served as district attorney in Grant County.

In the congressional elections of 1908 he was a candidate of the Republican party in the third electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat James William Murphy on March 4, 1909. After a re-election in 1910 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1913 two legislative sessions. In 1912, Kopp opted not to run again. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked again as a lawyer. Between 1942 and 1955 he was a judge in the Fifth Judicial District of Wisconsin. After that he went into retirement. He remained on call as a judge for emergencies. He also worked as a legal consultant. Arthur Kopp died on 2 June 1967 in Platteville.

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