{{Short description|American politician (1922–2014)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = John Luton |birth_date = {{birth date|1922|10|11}} |birth_place = Miami, Oklahoma, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|01|30|1922|10|11}} |death_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. |office1 = Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 9th district |term_start1 = 1964 |term_end1 = 1988 |preceded1 = Roy E. Grantham |succeeded1 = Ben H. Robinson |party = Democratic<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118060482/luton-kirk-carry-here-wagoner-vote/|title=Luton-Kirk Carry Here Wagoner Vote Beats Kirk; Odom Winner|work=Haskell News|location=Haskell, Oklahoma|date=October 1, 1964|access-date=February 5, 2023|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1988/07/18/one-man-one-vote-election-changed-state-24-years-ago/62645637007/|title=One-Man, One-Vote Election Changed State 24 Years Ago|first=John|last=Greiner|work=The Oklahoman|date=July 18, 1988|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref> |children = |alma_mater = |spouse = }}
'''John Luton''' (October 11, 1922 – January 30, 2014) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 9th district of the Oklahoma Senate.<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/state_senate_historical.PDF|title=State Senate Since Statehood|work=Oklahoma Legislature|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>
== Life and career == Luton was born in Miami, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.<ref name="a" />
Luton was an attorney in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, from 1959 to 1963.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://obituaries.muskogeephoenix.com/obituary/john-luton-748666102|title=John D. Luton|work=Muskogee Phoenix|date=February 1, 2014|access-date=February 5, 2023}}</ref>
Luton served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1964 to 1988, representing the 9th district.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Volumes 1-17|page=OZ-272|date=2002|publisher=Martinsdale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated}}</ref>
Luton died on January 30, 2014, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at the age of 89.<ref name="a" />
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