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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American politician (1903–1980)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Sam Coon<br />
| image = Sam Coon (Oregon Congressman).jpg<br />
| state = [[Oregon]]<br />
| district = [[Oregon's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]<br />
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br />
| birth_date = April 15, 1903<br />
| birth_place = [[Boise, Idaho]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = May 8, 1980 (aged 77)<br />
| death_place = [[Laguna Hills, California]], U.S.<br />
| spouse = Opal Kerfort<br />
| occupation = rancher<br />
| signature = <br />
| term_start = January 3, 1953<br />
| term_end = January 3, 1957<br />
| state_senate1 = Oregon<br />
| termstart1 = 1951<br />
| termend1 = 1953<br />
| constituency1 = [[Baker County, Oregon]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Lowell Stockman]]<br />
| successor = [[Al Ullman]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Samuel Harrison Coon''' (April 15, 1903 – May 8, 1980) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] who represented the 2nd Congressional District of [[Oregon]] from 1953 to 1957.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Born and raised in [[Boise, Idaho]], Coon attended local public schools, and graduating from the [[University of Idaho]] at [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]] in 1925.<ref name=congbio>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000743 Samuel Harrison Coon], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Accessed September 7, 2007.</ref> He pursued various occupations in banking and agriculture, and was the owner-operator of a cattle ranch near [[Keating, Oregon]], from 1929 to 1950. In 1937, Coon married Opal Kerfort.<ref name=Oregon>Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.</ref> From 1951 to 1952 he engaged in the real estate business.<ref name=congbio/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 1950, Coon was elected to represent [[Baker County, Oregon|Baker County]] in the [[Oregon State Senate]], where the Republican served only during the 1951 session of the legislature.<ref>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785321 Oregon Legislative Assembly (46th) 1951 Regular Session]</ref> Toward the end of his term in the state Senate, Coon successfully ran for election to Congress as a Republican from Oregon's Second District.<ref name=congbio/> The two-term congressman was narrowly re-elected after a challenge from Democrat, [[Al Ullman]], who ultimately defeated him in the election of 1956. Sam Coon served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1957.<ref name=congbio/><br />
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==After politics==<br />
After serving as Deputy Director for the International Cooperation Administration in [[Lima, Peru]], from 1957 to 1959, Coon took up residence in Laguna Hills, California. He died in 1980, and his ashes were distributed at sea.<ref name=congbio/><br />
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