John Stephen Alford (born October 14, 1942) is an American politician. He has served as a Republican member for the 124th district in the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafti ...

from 2011 to 2019. In 2018 he stated to an audience with reportedly no black members present that marijuana should not be legalised because of African-Americans' genetics and character make up. Alford resigned from committee leadership positions on January 9, 2018, following controversy surrounding these statements.

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1942 births Living people Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators Politicians from Wichita, Kansas People from Ulysses, Kansas Farmers from Kansas {{Kansas-politician-stub