John Vorys
| John Martin Vorys | |
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in Washington, D.C., July 1, 1939
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district |
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In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur P. Lamneck |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Devine |
| Member of the Ohio Senate | |
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In office 1925–1926 |
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| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | |
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In office 1923–1924 |
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June 16, 1896 Lancaster, Ohio |
| Died | August 25, 1968 (aged 72) Columbus, Ohio |
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Moritz College of Law Yale University |
John Martin Vorys (June 16, 1896 – August 25, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Vorys attended the public schools in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio. During the First World War served overseas as a pilot in the famous "Yale Unit" of the United States Naval Air Service, retiring to inactive service in 1919 with rank of lieutenant. He graduated from Yale University in 1918, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and from Ohio State University Law School at Columbus in 1923. He was a teacher in the College of Yale, Changsha, China, in 1919 and 1920. He served as assistant secretary, American delegation, Conference on Limitation of Armaments, Washington, D.C., in 1921 and 1922. He was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio, at the firm founded by his grandfather, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease.
He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1923 and 1924, and in the Ohio Senate in 1925 and 1926. He served as director of aeronautics of Ohio in 1929 and 1930.
Vorys was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1959). He did not seek reelection in 1958.
A confidential 1943 analysis of the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Isaiah Berlin for the British Foreign Office described Vorys as
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