John W. Boehne Jr.

John William Boehne Jr. (March 2, 1895 – July 5, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Boehne was the grandson of German immigrants,[1] and son of John William Boehne, who also served in Congress. He attended the public and parochial schools of Evansville and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1918.

During World War I he served as a private and sergeant in the Detached Service of the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army from January 9, 1918 to April 8, 1919. He was secretary and treasurer of Evansville's Indiana Stove Works from 1920 to 1931.

Boehne was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress. He was reelected five times and served from March 4, 1931 to January 3, 1943). In 1942, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

From 1943 to 1957, Boehne was a corporation tax counselor in Washington, D.C. and resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland. After retiring, he was a resident of Irvington, Baltimore, Maryland. He died in Irvington on July 5, 1973 and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.