Dr. Royal Samuel Copeland was later elected to the Senate. His greatest accomplishment in the Senate was a successful five-year effort to write and pass the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.
Picture from the Library of Congress, see https://www.loc.gov/resource/ggbain.29829/.
Biography from https://magazine.emich.edu/spring-2021/dr-copeland-and-the-1918-19-pandemic
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