John R. Pillion

John R. Pillion

John Raymond Pillion (August 10, 1904 - December 31, 1978) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Pillion was born in Conneaut, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University in 1927. He served as a city court judge of Lackawanna, New York from 1932 until 1936. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1941 until 1950. He was elected to Congress in 1952 and served from January 3, 1953 until January 3, 1965. In Congress, he was most notable as an opponent of statehood for both Hawaii and Alaska. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 1964 against Richard D. McCarthy.

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