John Hampton Stennis (March 2, 1935 – September 5, 2013) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ...

. The son of U.S. Senator

John C. Stennis John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901April 23, 1995) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member for hi ...

, he was first elected in 1969 to succeed Russell C. Davis, who was elected mayor of Jackson. In 1978, he ran for Congress in

Mississippi's 4th congressional district Mississippi's 4th congressional district covers the southeastern region of the state. It includes all of Mississippi's Gulf Coast, stretching ninety miles between the Alabama border to the east and the Louisiana border to the west, and extends n ...

but lost to Jon Hinson. On September 17, 1966, he was married to the former Martha Rozelle Allred at the

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church in Collins, Mississippi.

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1935 births 2013 deaths American people of Scottish descent Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Kemper County, Mississippi Princeton University alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians {{Mississippi-politician-stub