David Cohen (November 13, 1914 - October 3, 2005), was an American lawyer and Democratic politician involved in the entire Roosevelt Administration and later in Philadelphia city government. His entire career was in the public sector.
Cohen was a local Democratic and community leader during the mayoral administrations of Philadelphia Mayors Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth, a councilman during the administration of Mayor James Hugh Joseph Tat...
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David Cohen (November 13, 1914 - October 3, 2005), was an American lawyer and Democratic politician involved in the entire Roosevelt Administration and later in Philadelphia city government. His entire career was in the public sector.
Cohen was a local Democratic and community leader during the mayoral administrations of Philadelphia Mayors Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth, a councilman during the administration of Mayor James Hugh Joseph Tate and the police commissionership of Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, and a councilman in the mayoral administrations of Mayors William J. Green, W. Wilson Goode, Edward G. Rendell, and John F. Street. He served nearly 14 full years in City Council with Mayor Michael Nutter, elected Mayor two years after his death. His views on city issues were often at odds with the majority in city government. Rendell described him as the most tenacious political leader he ever met. Cohen claimed personal base of support credited with various policy disputes with...
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