John W. Boehne Jr.

For other people with the same name, see John Boehne (disambiguation).

John William Boehne Jr. (March 2, 1895 – July 5, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, son of John William Boehne.

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Boehne attended the public and parochial schools. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1918. During the First World War served as a private and sergeant in the Detached Service, Ordnance, United States Army, from January 9, 1918, to April 8, 1919. Secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Stove Works at Evansville, Indiana from 1920 to 1931.

Boehne was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress. He was reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. Corporation tax counselor in Washington, D.C. from 1943 to 1957. He retired. He died in Irvington, Maryland, July 5, 1973. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Harry E. Rowbottom
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 1st congressional district

1931–1933
Succeeded by
William T. Schulte
Preceded by
Albert H. Vestal
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 8th congressional district

1933–1943
Succeeded by
Charles M. La Follette
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