John R. Pillion

John Raymond Pillion (August 10, 1904 – December 31, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He was president and treasurer of the Bison Storage & Warehouse Corporation in Buffalo, and the owner and operator of a fruit and vegetable farm in Niagara County.

In Congress, he was most notable as an opponent of statehood for both Hawaii and Alaska.

Pillion voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,[1] 1960,[2] and 1964,[3] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S.

[4] He retired to Hamburg, and died in Eden, New York on December 31, 1978.