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{{other people|John Hancock}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1824|10|24}}
| birth_place = [[Jackson County, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1893|7|19|1824|10|24}}
| death_place = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S.
| restingplace = [[Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, TX)|Oakwood Cemetery]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
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'''John Hancock''' (October 24, 1824 – July 19, 1893) was an American [[judge]] and [[politician]]. As a member of the [[Texas Legislature]] he opposed the secession of [[Texas]] during the [[American Civil War]]. After the war he represented Texas in the [[United States House of Representatives]] as a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
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John Hancock was born in [[Jackson County, Alabama]],<ref name="John Hancock">{{Handbook of Texas | name=John Hancock| id=fha46| author=| retrieved=1 July 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref> the seventh of ten children born to John Allen Hancock and Sarah Ryan Hancock.<ref name="John Allen Hancock">{{Cite web | title=John Allen Hancock | publisher= USGennet| url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/topic/afro-amer/upperla/pafg309.htm#10401 | accessdate=1 July 2010}}</ref> His older brother [[George Duncan Hancock]] was a veteran of [[Battle of San Jacinto]] and represented [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] in the [[Eleventh Texas Legislature]].<ref name="George Duncan Hancock">{{Handbook of Texas | name=George Duncan Hancock| id=fha45| author=| retrieved=1 July 2010}} Texas State Historical Association</ref>
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[[Image:John Hancock Texas politician - Brady-Handy.jpg|thumb|John Hancock during the postbellum period.]]
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Hancock strongly believed that Texas should remain part of the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. In 1860 he was elected to the [[Texas House of Representatives]] as a [[
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