John Elton Coon (August 10 1907 – March 9 1993) was a Democratic politician from Monroe Louisiana who served from 1948 to 1949 in the Louisiana House of Representatives and from 1949 to 1956 as the mayor of Monroe. Coon resigned after less than two years in the state House to become mayor of Monroe upon the death at the age of thirty-seven of his predecessor George O. Breece (October 21 1912 – November 6 1949).
alma mater
Louisiana State University
birth date
1907-08-10
birth place
Louisiana, Ouachita Parish Louisiana, United States
death date
1993-03-09
death place
Louisiana, Monroe Louisiana
nationality
United States
office
Louisiana State Representative from Ouachita Parish
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