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Thomas Cunningham Cochran
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. Early life and career 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. Congress Cochran was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Creek Township, Pennsylvania
Sandy Creek Township is a township that is located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 800 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase from the figure of 795 that was documented in 2010. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.2 square miles (42.0 km2), of which 15.9 square miles (41.3 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.8 km2) (1.79%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 848 people, 324 households, and 246 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 350 housing units at an average density of 22.0/sq mi (8.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.17% White, 0.24% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.12% Asian, and 0.35% from two or more races. There were 324 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples Marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris, France
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
