Thomas Cunningham Cochran
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20th district (1933–1935)
Thomas Cunningham Cochran | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Harris J. Bixler |
| Succeeded by | Denis J. Driscoll |
| Constituency | 28th district (1927–1933) 20th district (1933–1935) |
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| Born | November 30, 1877 |
| Died | December 10, 1957 (aged 80) |
| Party | Republican |
Thomas Cunningham Cochran (November 30, 1877 – December 10, 1957) was an American lawyer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for four terms from 1927 to 1935.
Thomas C. Cochran was born in Sandy Creek Township, Pennsylvania (near Sheakleyville, Pennsylvania). He moved with his parents to Mercer, Pennsylvania, in 1879. He graduated from the Mercer High School in 1896 and from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1901. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He was a member of the faculty of Mercer Academy in 1902 and 1903. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1903. He commenced practice in Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, from 1906 to 1909. He was a trustee of Westminster College.
