COFFEE, John Main
(1897—1983)
COFFEE, John Main, a Representative from Washington; born in Tacoma, Wash.,
January 23, 1897; attended the public schools; University of Washington at
Seattle, A.B. and LL.B., 1920 and from the law department of Yale University,
J.D., 1921; was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Tacoma,
Wash.; secretary to United States Senator C.C. Dill in 1923 and 1924; secretary
of the advisory board of the National Recovery Administration 1933-1935;
appraiser and examiner of Pierce County for the Washington State Inheritance Tax
and Escheat Division 1933-1936; civil service commissioner for Tacoma, Wash., in
1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress, for election in 1950 to the
Eighty-second Congress, and in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; practicing
attorney in Tacoma and Seattle, Wash.; was a
resident of Tacoma, Wash., until his death in June 1983.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present;
Contributed by A. Newell.