John Junkin | |
Office: | 57th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives |
Term Start: | November 9, 1966 |
Term End: | October 12, 1975 |
Predecessor: | Walter Sillers Jr. |
Successor: | Buddie Newman |
Office2: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Adams County |
Term Start2: | January 4, 1944 |
Term End2: | October 12, 1975 |
Preceded2: | Thomas J. Reed |
Succeeded2: | Thomas J. O'Beirne |
Birth Name: | John Richard Junkin |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1896 |
Birth Place: | Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
Death Place: | Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Sophie Dix |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Rank: | Sergeant |
Battles: | World War I |
John Richard Junkin (December 16, 1896 – October 12, 1975) was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1966 until his death from cancer in 1975. He was previously chairman of the House appropriations committee.[1]