| John Emery | |
| Birth Name: | John Quincy Emery |
| Birth Date: | September 15, 1843 |
| Death Date: | August 6, 1928 (aged 84) |
| Birth Place: | Liberty, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Office: | 15th Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin |
| Termstart: | January 7, 1895 |
| Termend: | January 2, 1899 |
| Predecessor: | Oliver Elwin Wells |
| Successor: | Lorenzo D. Harvey |
| Party: | Republican |
John Quincy Emery (September 15, 1843 - August 6, 1928) was an American educator and civil servant.
Born in Liberty, Ohio,[1] he moved with his parents to Albion, Wisconsin. He attended Albion Academy in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1866. He then became a teacher.
After fighting in the American Civil War, Emery returned to education. He served as the school supervisor and principal at River Falls Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin–River Falls).[2] He served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin from 1895 to 1899. Later he was appointed Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner.[3] When he retired in 1926, he was Wisconsin's oldest state employee at the age of 83.[4]
Emery died at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 84.