Francis X. Coppinger (born March 12, 1935 - July 9, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

from 1969 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

in 1972, state representative in 1976, 1992, and 1995,

Boston City Council The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...

in 1981 and 1983, and Suffolk County Register of Probate in 1996. In 2012, a bridge on Park Street in the West Roxbury neighborhood of

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was named the Honorable Francis X. Coppinger Bridge in his honor.

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