John Leonard Pilcher (August 27, 1898 – August 20, 1981) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

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, Pilcher attended public schools in the area. He engaged in agricultural pursuits for thirty-five years and operated a general mercantile business, fertilizer manufacturing plant, syrup canning plant, several warehouses, and a cotton gin. Pilcher served as mayor and councilman of

and member of the board of education as well as county commissioner. He served as member of the State house of representatives. Pilcher served as member of the State senate from 1940 to 1944 and was a State purchasing agent in 1948 and 1949. He served as a delegate at each State and National Democratic Convention for thirty years. Pilcher was elected as a

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to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of E. E. Cox. He was reelected to the Eighty-fourth and the four succeeding Congresses and served from February 4, 1953, to January 3, 1965. A staunch segregationist, in 1956, Pilcher signed "The Southern Manifesto." He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress. Resided in

, where he died August 20, 1981. He was interred in Meigs Sunset Cemetery.

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