John J. Whitacre
John Jefferson Whitacre was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Decatur, Nebraska, Whitacre attended the public schools, Hiram 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.
He had a home built in Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio. During the 1920 presidential campaign, both candidates, Warren G Harding and James M. Cox visited his home.
Whitacre was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses.
He announced he would not run for a third term in 1914:
He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits.
He served as president of the Whitacre Engineering Co. and the Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Co.
He was nominated in 1928 for the 18th district, but lost.
He died in Miami, Florida, December 2, 1938.
He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Ohio.
