John B. Hollister

John B. Hollister

Nush Hollister (November 7, 1890 - January 4, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hollister attended the public schools and St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire.He was graduated from Yale University, in 1911.He attended the University of Munich, Germany, in 1911 and 1912, and was graduated from Harvard University Law School, in 1915.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.He was 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.He resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio.He served as director of various financial and manufacturing corporations.He served as member of the Cincinnati Board of Education 1921-1929.

Hollister was 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.He was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1931, to January 3, 1937.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress.He resumed the practice of his profession.He served as 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, from June 15, 1955, until his resignation September 13, 1957.He 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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