John Pierce St. John (February 25 1833 – August 31 1916) was the eighth Governor of Kansas and a candidate for President of the United States.Born in Brookville Indiana St. John served as lieutenant colonel of the 143rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1873 he sat in the Kansas Senate and was the Republican Governor of Kansas from 1879 to 1883.
