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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician}} [[File:John A. Whitaker (Kentucky Congressman).jpg\|thumb\|John A. Whitaker, Kentucky Congressman.]]▼ {{infobox officeholder \|name=John A. Whitaker ▲~~[[File:~~\|image=John A. Whitaker (Kentucky Congressman).jpg~~\|thumb\|John A. Whitaker, Kentucky Congressman.]]~~ \|state=[[Kentucky]] \|district={{ushr\|KY\|2\|2nd}} \|term_start=April 17, 1948 \|term_end=December 15, 1951 \|predecessor=[[Earle Clements]] \|successor=[[Garrett Withers]] \|office2=Attorney of [[Logan County, Kentucky]] \|term_start2=1928 \|term_end2=1948 \|birth_name=John Albert Whitaker \|birth_date={{birth date\|1901\|10\|31}} \|birth_place=[[Russellville, Kentucky]], U.S. \|death_date={{death date and age\|1951\|12\|15\|1901\|10\|31}} \|death_place=Russellville, Kentucky, U.S. \|resting_place=Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Kentucky, U.S. \|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] \|relatives=[[Addison James]] (grandfather) \|alma_mater=[[Bethel College (Kentucky)\|Bethel College]]<br>[[University of Kentucky]] \|profession=Politician, lawyer }} '''John Albert Whitaker''' (October 31, 1901 – December 15, 1951) was a [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] from [[Kentucky]]. Whitaker was born in [[Russellville, Kentucky]]. He attended the public schools, [[Bethel College (Kentucky)\|Bethel College]], and the [[University of Kentucky]]. He later studied law, attained [[Admission to the bar in the United States\|admitted to the bar]] in 1926, and commenced practice in Russellville. He was [[Logan County, Kentucky\|Logan County]] Attorney of from 1928 to 1948, and a delegate to all the State [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] conventions from 1924 to 1950. Whitaker was elected as a Democrat to the [[80th United States Congress\|Eightieth]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Earle C. Clements]], who was elected governor in November 1947. He was reelected to the [[81st United States Congress\|Eighty-first]] and [[82nd United States Congress\|Eighty-second]] Congresses and served from April 17, 1948, until his death in [[Russellville, Kentucky]], December 15, 1951. He was interred in Russellville's Maple Grove Cemetery. Line 18 ⟶ 40: ==References== {{CongBio\|W000348}} {{Findagrave\|6868494}} {{cite book \|date=1952 \|title=John Albert Whitaker, Late a Representative from Kentucky \|url=https://archive.org/stream/memorialservices00wash_18#page/n5/mode/2up \|location=Washington, DC \|publisher=US Government Printing Office}} Line 25 ⟶ 46: {{s-start}} {{s-par\|us-hs}} {{US House succession box ~~{{USRepSuccessionBox~~ \| state = Kentucky\| district = 2 \| before=[[Earle C. Clements]] \| after=[[Garrett L. Withers]] \| years=April 17, 1948{{spaced ndash}}December 15, 1951}} {{s-end}} Line 33 ⟶ 54: {{USCongRep/KY/82}} {{USCongRep-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitaker, John Albert}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1951 deaths]] [[Category:Bethel College (Kentucky) ~~Democrats~~alumni]]▼ ~~[[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky]]~~ ▲[[Category:Kentucky Democrats]] [[Category:University of Kentucky alumni]] [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky]] [[Category:20th-century American ~~politicians~~legislators]] [[Category:People from Russellville, Kentucky]]