Jack Hawley

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|birthname = John Thomas Hawley

|image = Jack Hawley Crop.jpg

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|office=Member of the Idaho House of Representatives from Ada County

|term_start= January 5, 1953

|term_end= January 3, 1955

|preceded= Frank Chalfant

|succeeded= Carl Burt

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|6|16}}

|birth_place =Boise, Idaho, U.S.

|death_date ={{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1999|12|20|1920|6|16}}}}

|death_place =Boise, Idaho, U.S.{{cite news |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/prominent-idaho-attorney-john-hawley-dies/article_30eee031-991f-5e9c-9ebe-f2bdf4748010.html |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press|title=Prominent Idaho attorney John Hawley dies |date=December 21, 1999 |accessdate=September 4, 2018}}

|party =Republican

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|alma_mater = University of Idaho (BA)

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John Thomas Hawley (June 16, 1920 – December 20, 1999) was an attorney and Republican politician from Idaho.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hawkland to Haxtun|accessdate=12 January 2015}} Hawley was the 1962 nominee for the United States Senate seat, winning the June primary over {{nowrap|George Hansen,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_L1eAAAAIBAJ&pg=4114%2C669898 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Smith far ahead in Democratic governor race |agency=Associated Press |date=June 6, 1962|page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_L1eAAAAIBAJ&pg=4419%2C671723 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Hansen may face runoff with Sanborn |agency=Associated Press |date=June 6, 1962|page=1}}}} but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Frank Church {{nowrap|in November.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S7BeAAAAIBAJ&pg=4108%2C1049133|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Smylie, Church, White win; Jordan leads |agency=Associated Press |date=November 7, 1962|page=1}}}}

Prior to his Senate run, Hawley served in the state legislature as a one-term member of the Idaho House {{nowrap|(1953–55).}} He was also the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for Idaho, a graduate of the University of Idaho in Moscow,{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1942/278 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Seniors |year=1942 |page=275}} a World War II combat veteran, and the grandson of Gov. James H. Hawley.

Hawley graduated high school from St. Teresa's Academy in Boise, attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi {{nowrap|fraternity.}}

After a battle with leukemia, Hawley died at age 79 in 1999 at his home {{nowrap|in Boise.}}