| John W. Crutcher | |
| Office: | 35th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas |
| Governor: | William H. Avery Robert Docking |
| Term Start: | January 11, 1965 |
| Term End: | January 13, 1969 |
| Predecessor: | Harold H. Chase |
| Successor: | James H. DeCoursey, Jr. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Ensign, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Kansas |
| Occupation: | real estate/insurance broker |
John William Crutcher (December 19, 1916 - March 13, 2017) was an American politician. Crutcher served in the Kansas State Senate from 1953 to 1957. He was the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1965 to 1969. Crutcher served as Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission from 1982 to 1993, and as a member of the National Transportation Policy Study Commission.[1] He was an alumnus of the University of Kansas (1940) and a veteran of the United States Navy and United States Naval Reserve.[2]
Crutcher died at his home in Jefferson, North Carolina in March 2017 at the age of 100.[3] [4] [5]