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  Hollister, John B.
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NameJohn B. Hollister
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
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Born November 07, 1890
DiedJanuary 04, 1979 (88 years)
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Apr 06, 2008 07:39am
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InfoHOLLISTER, John Baker, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7, 1890; attended the public schools and St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.; was graduated from Yale University, in 1911; attended the University of Munich, Germany, in 1911 and 1912, and was graduated from Harvard University Law School, in 1915; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio; appointed on August 15, 1917, a first lieutenant in the United States Army and served overseas as captain of Battery B, Forty-sixth Artillery Corps, later being in command of the Third Battalion of his regiment; on detached service with American Relief Administration under Herbert Hoover, 1919; resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio; director of various financial and manufacturing corporations; member of the Cincinnati Board of Education 1921-1929; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-second Congress by special election, November 3, 1931, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nicholas Longworth; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1931, to January 3, 1937; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952; headed United Nations Relief Rehabilitation Association mission to Holland, 1945; executive director, Hoover Commission, from October 1953 to July 1955; Director, International Cooperation Administration, 1955-1957; resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died January 4, 1979; cremated; ashes interred in Spring Grove Cemetery.

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  11/03/1936 OH - District 01 Lost 47.88% (-4.24%)
  11/06/1934 OH - District 01 Won 55.82% (+11.65%)
  11/08/1932 OH - District 01 Won 54.37% (+8.73%)
  11/03/1931 OH - District 01 - Special Election Won 60.22% (+23.09%)
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