John Harper (mayor)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = John Harper

| image = John Harper (mayor).jpg

| caption = Harper, circa 1872

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1825|3|8}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date ={{Death date and age|df=y|1874|12|31|1825|3|8}}

| death_place = Denver, Colorado

| order = 9th

| office = Mayor of Denver

| term_start = 1871

| term_end = 1872

| predecessor = Baxter B. Stiles

| successor = Joseph E. Bates

| party =

| children= John Johnston Harper

|

}}

John Harper (8 March 1825 – 31 December 1874) was an American politician. He served as mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1871 to 1872.{{cite web |title=History of the Office of the Mayor |url=https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/mayors-office/about-the-office-of-the-mayor/history-of-the-office.html |website=City and County of Denver |accessdate=1 September 2018}}[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#0O80RADYN John Harper] at The Political Graveyard He was the owner of a hardware store.{{cite web|url=http://www.louisville-library.org/Portals/1/pdf/Louisville%20Historian/2010-4_Fall.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-12-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012934/http://www.louisville-library.org/Portals/1/pdf/Louisville%20Historian/2010-4_Fall.pdf |archivedate=2014-12-13 }}{{cite book |last1=Baskin |first1=O. L. |title=History of the city of Denver |publisher=Ripol Classic |isbn=9785879985771 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HUQAwAAQBAJ}}