{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{For|the Wisconsin politician|John B. Quimby}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = John Quimby |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|2|12}} |birth_place = Prescott, Arizona, US |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|23|1935|2|12}} |death_place = Carmichael, California, US |state_assembly = California |district = 72nd |term = January 7, 1963 - November 30, 1974 |preceded = Eugene G. Nisbet |succeeded = Richard H. Robinson |party = Democratic |spouse = Gladys George |children = 4 |education = }}
'''John Quimby''' (February 12, 1935 – December 23, 2012) was an American politician.
Born in Prescott, Arizona, Quimby served on the San Bernardino, California city council. He served as a Democrat in the California State Assembly for the 72nd district from 1963 to 1974.<ref>[http://www.dailybulletin.com/breakingnews/ci_22270270/former-state-assemblyman-john-quimby-dead-at-77 Obituary]</ref><ref>[http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5705 John Quimby, JoinCalifornia.com]</ref> He also lobbied for San Bernardino, California and Riverside, California.
==Biography== At the age of 12, he was diagnosed with polio after which he used a wheelchair or steel braces. Quimby was the youngest person to serve on the San Bernardino City Council at the age of 22 and was also the first paraplegic to serve in the California Legislature.<ref name=Quimby>{{cite web|title=Capitol Weekly: Remembering John Quimby|url=http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=114krrrxpnnppxp|publisher=Capitol Weekly|accessdate=7 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128134831/http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=114krrrxpnnppxp|archivedate=28 January 2013}}</ref>
==Death== Quimby died at the age of 77 on December 23, 2012, of complications from pneumonia.<ref name=Quimby />
==See Also== *List of political parties in the United States ==References== {{reflist}}
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