J. C. Luning

J.C. Luning
State Treasurer of Florida
In office
February 19, 1912  September 26, 1928
GovernorAlbert W. Gilchrist
Park Trammell
Sidney J. Catts
Cary A. Hardee
John W. Martin
Preceded byWilliam V. Knott
Succeeded byWilliam V. Knott
3rd Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
February 5, 1912  March 1, 1912
GovernorAlbert W. Gilchrist
Preceded byBenjamin E. McLin
Succeeded byWilliam Allen McRae
Lake County Commission
In office
1902 - February 1912
Preceded byWilliam Allen Mccarthy
Succeeded byWilliam Allen Mccarthy
Mayor of the Town of Leesburg, Florida
In office
1901–1902
Commissioner of the Town of Leesburg, Florida
In office
1900–1901
Personal details
Born
John Christian Luning

(1863-12-21)December 21, 1863
Albany, New York
DiedSeptember 28, 1928(1928-09-28) (aged 64)
South Dakota
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Warren
ResidenceLeesburg, Florida

John Christian Luning (1863 – 1928) was a mayor of the town of Leesburg, Florida, during the 1890s and Lake County Commissioner. He would go on to serve the shortest term as Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture for 14 days before going on to serve as State Treasurer of Florida. He was part of a group of Florida leaders known as the "Three Musketeers" – along with James B. Whitfield (a state treasurer and state attorney general before serving nearly 40 years on the Florida Supreme Court) and William V. Knott (who held various cabinet positions for nearly 40 continuous years before becoming a political appointee) – and had a bright political future before his sudden death in September 1928.