Howard A. Coffin

Howard Aldridge Coffin (born June 11, 1877 in Middleborough , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  February 28, 1956 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Howard Coffin first attended the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River and then studied until 1901 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). He then taught briefly in 1901 as a teacher at the Friends School in Providence. Between 1901 and 1911 Coffin was a representative for the publishing company Ginn & Co. From 1911 to 1913 he was an auditor at the Warren Motor Car Co. in Detroit . He then worked as a manager at Firestone Tire & Rubber Company until 1918 . Until 1946 further positions followed at various companies in Michigan. Among other things, he was a board member at Cadillac from 1921 to 1925 and, from 1925 to 1933, initially vice president and later president of the White Star Refining Company .

Politically, Coffin was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1946 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the 13th  constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Democrat George D. O'Brien on January 3, 1947 . Since he lost to O'Brien in the following elections in 1948, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1949 . During this time the Cold War began .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Coffin founded the Industrial Service Bureau in Washington. He also worked as a business consultant until 1954; then he retired. Howard Coffin died on February 28, 1956 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Detroit.

Web links

• Howard A. Coffin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Howard A. Coffin in the database of Find a Grave (English)