Oren S. Copeland

Oren Sturman Copeland (March 16, 1887 – April 10, 1958) was an American Republican Party politician. From 1941 to 1943, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Biography He was born on a farm near Huron, South Dakota on March 16, 1887, and moved with his parents to Pender, Nebraska in 1891. He attended the University of Nebraska from 1904 to 1907.

Early career He worked at a Lincoln newspaper in 1910 and a gas station in 1913.

He served as city commissioner in the department of public safety from 1935 to 1937 when he was elected mayor of Lincoln.

Congress He resigned as mayor to run for congress and was elected to the Seventy-seventh United States Congress, serving one term from 1941 to 1943.

Later career He was unsuccessful in being renominated and returned to the retail fuel business.

He was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.

Death and burial

He died in Lincoln on April 10, 1958, and is buried there in Wyuka Cemetery.