John Duncan Sr.

John Duncan

John James Duncan Sr. (born March 24, 1919 in Huntsville , Scott County , Tennessee , †  June 21, 1988 in Knoxville , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1988 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Duncan attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1942 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. During the Second World War he was a soldier in the US Army between 1942 and 1945 . After completing a law degree at Cumberland University in Lebanon and being admitted to the bar in 1947, he began to work in his new profession. Between 1947 and 1956 he was assistant attorney general in Knoxville and from 1956 to 1959 he was the head of the legal department ( Law Director ) of that city. Duncan served as Mayor of Knoxville from 1959 to 1965.

Politically, Duncan was a member of the Republican Party . In 1960, 1968 and 1984 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions . In the 1964 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Irene Baker on January 3, 1965 . After eleven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on June 21, 1988 . There he was temporarily a member of the tax committee. Duncan was considered a very conservative MP. During his time in the US House of Representatives, the Vietnam War and the hot phase of the civil rights movement ended . In 1974, the work of Congress was also shaken by the Watergate affair . In addition, the 26th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1971 .

After his death, his son Jimmy was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives when the by-election was due.

Web links

• John Duncan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Duncan senior in the database of Find a Grave (English)