| John Jefferson Whitacre | |
| State: | Ohio |
| District: | 18th |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1911 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1915 |
| Predecessor: | James Kennedy |
| Successor: | David Hollingsworth |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Decatur, Nebraska |
| Death Place: | Miami, Florida |
| Restingplace: | Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia, Ohio |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Cordelia Brothers |
| Alma Mater: | Hiram (Ohio) College University of Michigan |
John Jefferson Whitacre (December 28, 1860 – December 2, 1938) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1911 to 1915.
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.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.[1]
Whitacre was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915).
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.