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John Duncan, Sr.

John J. Duncan Sr.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1965 – June 21, 1988
Preceded by Irene Bailey Baker
Succeeded by John Duncan Jr.
Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
In office
1959–1964
Preceded by Cas Walker (acting)
Succeeded by Robert L. Crossley (acting)
Personal details
Born John James Duncan
(1919-03-14)March 14, 1919
Huntsville, Tennessee
Died June 21, 1988(1988-06-21) (aged 69)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Resting place Duncan Family Cemetery
Scott County, Tennessee
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Lois Swisher
Alma mater University of Tennessee
Cumberland University
Occupation attorney
Military service
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1942–1945

John James Duncan Sr. (March 14, 1919 – June 21, 1988) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1965 until his death in 1988. He also served as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1959 to 1964, and as assistant attorney general of Knox County, from 1948 until 1956. He is the father of Congressman John Duncan Jr., who currently represents the 2nd District.

Duncan was born in Huntsville, Tennessee, the sixth of ten children of Cassie (Lee) and Flem Baird Duncan. After completing grade school in the Huntsville area, he won a $25 scholarship from Sears-Roebuck. He enrolled in the University of Tennessee in 1939, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science two years later. Following the outbreak of World War II he joined the United States Army, serving from 1942 to 1945. After the war, Duncan enrolled in Cumberland University's law school, from which he graduated in 1948.

Following his graduation, Duncan returned to Knoxville, where he had accepted a position as assistant attorney general of Knox County. In late 1952, Duncan became embroiled in a local controversy when, as commander of the American Legion's East Tennessee Division, he drafted a resolution condemning UT's film society for a planned showing of several films starring Charlie Chaplin, who had been accused of being a communist sympathizer. Reacting to the resolution, UT president Cloide Brehm cancelled the event. The school's newspaper, the Orange and White, nevertheless blasted Duncan's accusations as "nonsense."


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