John R. Saunders

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|birthname = John Richard Saunders

|image = John R Saunders 1912.jpg

|imagesize = 220px

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1869|12|9|mf=y}}

|birth_place = King and Queen County, Virginia, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age |1934|3|17|1869|12|9}}

|death_place = Saluda, Virginia, U.S.

|order = 23rd

|office = Attorney General of Virginia

|term_start = February 1, 1918

|term_end = March 17, 1934

|governor = Westmoreland Davis
Elbert Lee Trinkle
Harry F. Byrd
John Garland Pollard
George C. Peery

|predecessor = Josiah D. Hank Jr.

|successor = Abram P. Staples

| state_senate2 = Virginia

| district2 = 39th

| term_start2 = January 8, 1908

| term_end2 = January 9, 1918

| preceded2 = J. Boyd Sears

| succeeded2 = J. Douglass Mitchell

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Blanche Hoskins

|children =

}}

John Richard Saunders (December 9, 1869 – March 17, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Virginia from 1918 until his death in 1934. Prior to this, he was a member of the Senate of Virginia.{{cite book |title= Report of the Attorney General to the Governor of Virginia: Year 1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE4wAQAAMAAJ|access-date= August 2, 2013|year= 1919|publisher= Virginia State Library|location= Richmond}}{{cite book |title= Report of the Virginia State Library, Volumes 13-15|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_faY9AAAAYAAJ|quote=Virginia House of Delegates October 10, 1814.|access-date= August 2, 2013|year= 1918|publisher= Virginia State Library|location= Richmond}} He was a supporter of women's suffrage while in the Senate.{{Cite web|last=Tarter|first=Brent|date=2021|title='Why Should Not Women Vote?' – Virginia Men Who Supported Woman Suffrage|url=https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2021/04/21/why-should-not-women-vote-virginia-men-who-supported-woman-suffrage/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=The UnCommonwealth: Voices from the Library of Virginia}} He was married to Blanche Hoskins Saunders who was a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Saluda.