John Ely (Iowa politician)
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This article is about the Iowa state legislator. For the state legislator and Congressman from New York, see John Ely (representative).
For other uses, see John Ely.
John M. Ely, Jr. (February 17, 1919 – March 30, 2007) was an American Democratic politician, purchasing agent, and civil rights activist who served two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa State Senate from 1961 to 1969. Ely was instrumental in abolishing capital punishment in Iowa.