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John M. Slack Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1963 – March 17, 1980
Preceded by	Cleveland M. Bailey
Succeeded by	John G. Hutchinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 6th district
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Robert C. Byrd
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1915-03-18)March 18, 1915 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	March 17, 1980(1980-03-17) (aged 64) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

John Mark Slack Jr. (March 18, 1915 – March 17, 1980) was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Slack was born in Charleston, where he attended the public schools. He later studied at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

Slack's public service career began in 1948, when he became a member of Kanawha County Court, where he sat until 1952. He subsequently served as Kanawha County Assessor from 1952 to 1958.

When three-term 6th district Representative Robert Byrd decided against seeking re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, Slack won the Democratic nomination and was easily elected that November. He went on to be re-elected 11 times, never facing serious opposition. His district was renumbered as the 3rd District in 1963, after West Virginia lost a district as a result of the 1960 Census. Slack voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1960, 1964, and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Slack served until his death of a heart attack in Alexandria, Virginia on March 17, 1980. He was replaced by John G. Hutchinson, then mayor of Charleston, after a special election, who served until the end of the term. He was interred in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, West Virginia.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

References

1. "HR 8601. PASSAGE".
2. "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".
3. "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
4. "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
5. Mullins, Steve (March 20, 1980). "Friends Bid Slack Farewell". Charleston Daily Mail.

External links

• United States Congress. "John M. Slack Jr. (id: S000473)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley C. Miller
2nd district	Brown Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney Moore
3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins C. Miller
4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart W. Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall
5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee
6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack
At-large	Sutherland

• 1915 births
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• County commissioners in West Virginia
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• Virginia Military Institute alumni
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