John J. Whitacre

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

Born in Decatur, Nebraska, Whitacre attended the public schools, Hiram (Ohio) College, 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. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Whitacre was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third 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, December 2, 1938. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Ohio.

Source

• John J. Whitacre at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress