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John Mary Morin (April 18, 1868 – March 3, 1942) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.

Biography

Morin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved with his parents to Pittsburgh. He began working in a glass factory in 1882, and was employed in steel mills until 1885. In 1889, he moved to Missoula, Montana and engaged in mercantile pursuits, during which time he took a night course at the Haskins' Business College in Missoula. After graduating from college in 1892, he returned to Pittsburgh and became engaged in the hotel business. He became a director of the Washington Trust Company in 1910. He served as a member of the Pittsburgh Common Council from 1904 to 1906. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions from 1905 to 1912, and director of Public Safety in Pittsburgh from 1909 to 1913.

Morin was elected in 1912 as a Republican to the 63rd United States Congress, and served eight terms. He was Chairman of the United States House Committee on Military Affairs in the 69th and 70th Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1928. He was appointed a commissioner of United States Employees' Compensation Commission in Washington, D.C., and served from 1928 until his death at age 73.

A long-time member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, he served as Grand Worthy (International) President of the fraternity in 1920–21. He died in Marine Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Anecdotes about Morin, and correspondence by his family during World War II, can be found in a book written by his grandson, Love and War as Never Before.

References

Morin, George Wilson (2010). Love & war as never before: World War II through the eyes of a young boy and in the letters of a loving family. United States: Xlibris. ISBN 9781456801083.

United States Congress. "John M. Morin (id: M000961)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byNone	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1913–1915 alongside: Anderson H. Walters, Fred E. Lewis, Arthur R. Rupley	Succeeded byAt-large: Thomas S. Crago, John R. K. Scott, Daniel F. Lafean, Mahlon M. Garland
Preceded byJames F. Burke	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district 1915–1923	Succeeded byAdam M. Wyant
Preceded byAt-large: William J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago, Joseph McLaughlin, Anderson H. Walters	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 34th congressional district 1923–1929	Succeeded byPatrick J. Sullivan

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
Alternately named National Security in 104th and 105th Congresses.

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