Ashbrook, Jean Spencer, 1934-

Emily Jean Spencer Ashbrook (née Spencer; born September 21, 1934) is a former American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served six months as a Congresswoman from Ohio's 17th District from 1982 to 1983. She is the widow of Congressman John M. Ashbrook, whom she succeeded.

Born Emily Jean Spencer in Cincinnati, Ohio, she attended schools in Newark Ohio, graduating from Newark High School in 1952. She went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, in 1956. She married John Ashbrook in 1974. After her husband's death on April 24, 1982, she won the special election for the seat in Congress he had occupied, serving for the remainder of the 97th Congress.

During her term, her only ambition was "to carry on John's conservative philosophy." She was a supporter of the Reagan administration and served on the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. She did speak out for her views including introducing a bill that would have denied federal law enforcement jurisdiction to implement gun control ordinances; a bill to prescribe mandatory minimum sentences for federal felonies against senior citizens; supported the Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1982; and backed a bill to educate citizens on the dangers of communism and promote democracy abroad.

After retiring from Congress on January 3, 1983, Ashbrook returned to Ohio. She resides in her hometown of Newark.