Lawrence Coughlin
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Schweiker |
| Succeeded by | Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the Montgomery County district |
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In office January 2, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Montgomery County district |
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In office January 1965 – November 30, 1966 |
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Robert Lawrence Coughlin April 11, 1929 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 30, 2001 (aged 72) Mathews, Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
Robert Lawrence Coughlin (April 11, 1929 – November 30, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1993, representing the 13th district of Pennsylvania.
R. Lawrence Coughlin was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Robert Lawrence and Evelyn (née Wich) Coughlin. His uncle was Clarence D. Coughlin, who represented Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1921 to 1923. He was raised on his father's farm near Scranton, and graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1946.
Coughlin then enrolled at Yale University, where he majored in economics and was a member of St. Anthony Hall. He was also a classmate of George H. W. Bush, the future President of the United States. After graduating from Yale in 1950, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School in 1954. His studies at Harvard were interrupted during the Korean War, when he served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps and an aide to Lieutenant General Chesty Puller (1950-1952).
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