{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = William Markle Berlin | name = William M. Berlin | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|03|29}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|14|1880|03|29}} | birth_place = [[Delmont, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district|28th]] | term_start = March 4, 1933 | term_end = January 3, 1937 | preceded = [[Thomas Cunningham Cochran|Thomas C. Cochran]] | succeeded = [[Robert G. Allen]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }}
'''William Markle Berlin''' (March 29, 1880 – October 14, 1962) was an American businessman and politician who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] for two terms from 1933 to 1937.
==Life and career== William M. Berlin was born on a farm near [[Delmont, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from Laird Institute at [[Murrysville, Pennsylvania]], in 1896, and moved to [[Greensburg, Pennsylvania]], in 1916.
He was engaged as an automobile distributor, in the wholesale oil and gas business, and in coal mining.
===Political career=== He was chairman of the Democratic County Committee in 1916.
In 1932, Berlin was elected as a Democrat to the [[73rd United States Congress|Seventy-third]] and [[74th United States Congress|Seventy-fourth]] Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[United States House election, 1936|1936]].
After his time in Congress, he served as clerk of the court of [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania]], from 1937 to 1941.
===Later career and death=== He resumed the mining of [[coal]] in [[Pennsylvania]] and [[West Virginia]] in 1941. He was a delegate to the [[1944 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], and an unsuccessful candidate for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] congressional nomination in [[United States House election, 1950|1950]].
He served as assistant librarian of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from February 1, 1957, until 1961 when promoted to librarian, and served in that capacity until his death in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
==Sources== {{CongBio|B000409|William M. Berlin}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html The Political Graveyard]
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