Jon C. Hinson
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – April 13, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Thad Cochran |
| Succeeded by | Wayne Dowdy |
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March 16, 1942 Tylertown, Walthall County Mississippi |
| Died | July 21, 1995 (aged 53) Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Resting place | Cremation |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Hinson (divorced) |
| Children | No children |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
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| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 – July 21, 1995) was a Republican U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1981. Following his 1981 resignation following arrest for engaging in a homosexual act, he became an LGBT activist in metropolitan Washington D.C.
Born in Tylertown in Walthall County in southwestern Mississippi, Hinson attended public schools. In 1959, he worked as a page for Democratic U. S. Representative John Bell Williams, who subsequently became governor of Mississippi in 1968.
Hinson graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1964, and joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve, in which he served until 1970.
Hinson worked on the U.S. House staff as a doorman in 1967, and then served on the staffs of Representatives Charles H. Griffin, a Democrat, and Thad Cochran, a Republican. In 1978, Cochran ran successfully for the United States Senate, and Hinson was elected to succeed Cochran in the House. With 51.6 percent of the vote, Hinson defeated the Democrat John Hampton Stennis, the son of U.S. Senator John C. Stennis, who finished with 26.4 percent of the vote. The remaining ballots were cast for independent candidates.
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