Archibald E. Olpp

Archibald E. Olpp
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byJohn J. Eagan
Succeeded byJohn J. Eagan
Personal details
Born
Archibald Ernest Olpp

(1882-05-12)May 12, 1882
South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1949(1949-07-26) (aged 67)
Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materLehigh 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]

  1. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. New Jersey. 1922. 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 ...