John Jefferson Whitacre (December 28, 1860 - December 2, 1938) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

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Born in Decatur, Nebraska

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, Whitacre attended the public schools, Hiram (Ohio) College

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, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
He engaged as a manufacturer of hollow building tile.
He served as delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention

1912 Democratic National Convention

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He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1908 to the Sixty-first

61st United States Congress

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Whitacre was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-second

62nd United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...

 and Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

 Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915).
He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits.
He served as president of the Whitacre Engineering Co. and the Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Co.
He died in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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, December 2, 1938.
He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Ohio

Magnolia, Ohio

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