Hinson, Jon Clifton, 1942-1995

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/04/1980 MS District 4 Won 38.97% (+9.20%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1978 MS District 4 Won 51.63% (+25.27%)</li>
<li> 06/06/1978 MS District 4 - R Primary Won 69.57% (+55.86%)</li>
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<p>Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 – July 21, 1995) was a Republican U.S. representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1981. Following his 1981 resignation following arrest for engaging in a homosexual act, he became an LGBT activist in metropolitan Washington D.C.</p>

<p>Born in Tylertown in Walthall County in southwestern Mississippi, Hinson attended public schools. In 1959, he worked as a page for Democratic U. S. representative John Bell Williams, who subsequently became governor of Mississippi in 1968.</p>

<p>Hinson graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1964, and joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve, in which he served until 1970.</p>

HINSON, Jon Clifton, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tylertown, Walthall County, Miss., March 16, 1942; attended the Walthall County public schools; B.A., University of Mississippi, 1964; United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1964-1970; aide to United States Representative Charles Griffin of Mississippi, 1968-1973; aide to United States Representative Thad Cochran of Mississippi, 1973-1977; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979-April 13, 1981); resigned on April 13, 1981; died on July 21, 1995, in Silver Spring, Md.; remains were cremated.