William Markle Berlin | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's28th district | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas C. Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Robert G. Allen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1880-03-29)March 29, 1880 Delmont,Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 14, 1962(1962-10-14) (aged 82) |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Markle Berlin (March 29, 1880 – October 14, 1962) was an American businessman and politician who served as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania for two terms from 1933 to 1937.
William M. Berlin was born on a farm nearDelmont, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Laird Institute atMurrysville, Pennsylvania, in 1896, and moved toGreensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1916.
He was engaged as an automobile distributor, in the wholesale oil and gas business, and in coal mining.
He was chairman of the Democratic County Committee in 1916.
Berlin was elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-third andSeventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1936.
After his time in Congress, he served as clerk of the court ofWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania, from 1937 to 1941.
He resumed the mining ofcoal inPennsylvania andWest Virginia in 1941. He was a delegate to the1944 Democratic National Convention inChicago, and an unsuccessful candidate for theRepublican congressional nomination in1950.
He served as assistant librarian of theUnited States House of Representatives from February 1, 1957, until 1961 when promoted to librarian, and served in that capacity until his death in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 28th congressional district 1933–1937 | Succeeded by |
