John R. Pillion

John R. Pillion

John Raymond Pillion (born August 10, 1904 in Conneaut , Ohio , †  December 31, 1978 in Eden , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1965 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Pillion attended public schools in Lackawanna , where he had moved with his family in 1907. He then graduated from South Park High School in Buffalo and the Cornell School of Engineering . After a subsequent law degree at Cornell University and his admission as a lawyer in 1928, he began to work in Lackawanna in this profession. Between 1932 and 1936 he was the municipal judge there. He was then a consultant and tax attorney for the city of Lackawanna between 1936 and 1941. From 1945 to 1953 he served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Bison Storage & Warehouse Corp in Buffalo. As early as 1935, he ran a fruit and vegetable farm in Niagara County alongside his other activities . Politically, Pillion joined the Republican Party . Between 1941 and 1950 he was a member of the New York State Assembly .

In the 1952 congressional election , Pillion was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 42nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded William E. Miller on January 3, 1953 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1965 . Since 1963 he represented the 39th district of his state. During his time as a congressman, there were other events of the Cold War , the beginning of the civil rights movement and later the beginning of the Vietnam War .

In 1964, Pillion was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives he practiced as a lawyer again until 1968. That year he sought his return to Congress without success. At that time he lived in Hamburg (New York). He died on December 31, 1978 in Eden and was buried in Hamburg.

Web links

• John R. Pillion in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William E. Miller	United States House of Representatives for New York (42nd constituency) January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963	Constituency dissolved
Harold C. Ostertag	United States House of Representatives for New York (39th constituency) January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965	Richard D. McCarthy