| John Kee | |
| Smallimage: | John Kee US Cong.jpg |
| Order1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 5th congressional district |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1933 |
| Term End1: | May 8, 1951 |
| Predecessor1: | Hugh Ike Shott |
| Successor1: | Elizabeth Kee |
| Office2: | Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start2: | March 7, 1949 |
| Term End2: | January 3, 1951 |
| Predecessor2: | Sol Bloom |
| Successor2: | James P. Richards |
| Order3: | Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 7th district |
| Term Start3: | 1923 |
| Term End3: | 1926 |
| Birth Date: | August 22, 1874 |
| Birth Place: | Glenville, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Children: | 2, including James |
| Alma Mater: | Glenville State Normal School West Virginia University |
| Party: | Democrat |
John Kee (August 22, 1874 – May 8, 1951) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1951.
He was born in Glenville, West Virginia. He attended Glenville State Normal School and West Virginia University, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and was admitted to the bar in 1897. Kee was a member of the West Virginia Senate 1923–1927 He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia and served from March 4, 1933, until his death, serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 73rd through the 82nd U.S. Congress. He was chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses.
A confidential 1943 analysis of the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Isaiah Berlin for the British Foreign Office stated that[1]
Kee died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 1951.[2] His wife, Elizabeth Kee, succeeded him as U.S. Representative after winning a special election to replace him. She served until 1965 when she was succeeded by their son, James Kee, who served until 1973 when the 5th district was abolished.