Archibald E. Olpp | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 11th district | |
In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | |
Preceded by | John J. Eagan |
Succeeded by | John J. Eagan |
Personal details | |
Born | Archibald Ernest Olpp May 12, 1882 South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 26, 1949 Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Lehigh University University of Pennsylvania |
Archibald Ernest Olpp (May 12, 1882 – July 26, 1949) was an American physician and politician who served a single term in the U.S. representative from New Jersey. He was the first Republican to be elected to Congress from the New Jersey's 11th congressional district since it was created in 1913.[1]
Dr. Olpp, who is the first Republican to be elected to Congress from the Eleventh District since it was created ten years ago, is a practicing physician and was formerly a chemist. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 12th, 1882, and received his early education at the Moravian Public School, from which he graduated in 1899. Four years later he graduated from Lehigh University. Subsequently he took a medical course at the University of Pennsylvania and finished there in 1908 ...