Howard A. Coffin | |
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.jpg) Detroit Free Press, October 30, 1946 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's13th district | |
| In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | George D. O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | George D. O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1877-06-11)June 11, 1877 |
| Died | February 28, 1956(1956-02-28) (aged 78) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Brown University |
Howard Aldridge Coffin (June 11, 1877 – February 28, 1956) was a politician from theU.S. state ofMichigan. AlongsideHarold F. Youngblood, he remains the last Republican to represent any part ofDetroit in congress, as of 2024.[1] Both men were elected in the Republican wave year of1946, only to lose re-election two years later in1948.
Coffin was born inMiddleborough, Massachusetts and attended theVermont Academy atSaxtons River. He graduated fromBrown University,Providence, Rhode Island, in 1901 and was a teacher in the Providence Friends School that same year.
He worked as a representative for the book publishers,Ginn & Company, 1901-1911; controller,Warren Motor Car Company,Detroit,Michigan, 1911-1913; manager,Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Michigan, 1913-1918; secretary,Detroit Pressed Steel Company, 1918-1921; assistant to president,Cadillac Motor Company, of Detroit, 1921-1925; vice president and later president,White Star Refining Company, 1925-1933; general manager,Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, 1933–1946.
In 1946, Coffin was elected as aRepublican to theUnited States House of Representatives fromMichigan's 13th congressional district, defeating former RepresentativeClarence J. McLeod in the Republican primary and going on to defeat incumbentDemocratGeorge D. O'Brien in the general election. Coffin served in the80th Congress, from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949. In a re-match, Coffin lost to O'Brien in the general election of 1948.
Coffin organized the Industrial Service Bureau inWashington, D.C., and was a business consultant until his retirement in 1954. He died inWashington, D.C., in 1956 and is interred inWoodlawn Cemetery,Detroit,Michigan.
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 13th Congressional District of Michigan 1947 – 1949 | Succeeded by |
