Lawrence Coughlin

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Robert Lawrence Coughlin (April 11, 1929–November 30, 2001) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Lawrence Coughlin was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1950, received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1954, and Temple University Evening Law School in 1958. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967, and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1969. He was elected in 1969 as a Republican to the 91st and to the eleven succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992.

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• Lawrence Coughlin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Richard S. Schweiker

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1969–1993

Succeeded by Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky