Herbert B. Cohen
Herbert Cohen | |
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Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
In office January 18, 1955 – December 17, 1956 | |
Governor | George Leader |
Preceded by | Frank Truscott |
Succeeded by | Thomas McBride |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Herbert B. Cohen was an American lawyer from York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he received his Bacceleureate degree. He later became a lawyer and was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1957.
Cohen was active in the gubernatorial campaign of George Leader and became his Attorney General in 1955. Cohen later earned distinction as York’s only homegrown member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, serving from 1956 to 1970. He was the 5th York Countian to serve on the court.