Howard A. Coffin

Howard Aldridge Coffin ( born June 11, 1877 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, † 28 February 1956 Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. 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 Iceland ). After that, he taught in 1901 for a short time as a teacher at the Friends School in Providence. Between 1901 and 1911 was Coffin representative for the publishing company Ginn & Co. In the years 1911-1913 he was an auditor with the company Warren Motor Car Co. in Detroit. Subsequently he served until 1918 as a manager at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. To 1946 was followed by further employment at various companies in Michigan. Among other things, he was from 1921 to 1925 member of the board at Cadillac and from 1925 to 1933, first vice-president and later president of the White Star Refining Company.

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

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Coffin founded the Industrial Service Bureau in Washington. In addition, he worked until 1954 as a business consultant; then he withdrew into retirement. Howard Coffin died on 28 February 1956 in the German capital Washington and was buried in Detroit.