What is John Y. McCollister?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Y. McCollister | image name = John Y. McCollister.jpg | state = [[Nebraska]] | district = [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] | term_start = January 3, 1971 | term_end = January 3, 1977 | preceded = [[Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska)|Glenn Cunningham]] | succeeded = [[John Joseph Cavanaugh III]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |birth_name=John Yetter McCollister | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|06|10}} | birth_place = [[Iowa City, Iowa]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|1|1921|6|10}} | death_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]] | spouse = | children = | religion = | occupation = | residence = | alma_mater = [[University of Iowa]] }} '''John Yetter McCollister''' (June 10, 1921 – November 1, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was a [[Nebraska]] [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politician. He served two terms from 1965 to 1970 as the Douglas County Commissioner. He was a delegate to the Nebraska State Republican conventions from 1960 to 1970, and delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention. In 1976, he decided to run instead for [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] but was unsuccessful, losing to [[Omaha]] Mayor [[Edward Zorinsky]] by a 53% to 47% margin. He was a presidential elector for Nebraska in 2000. McCollister was born in [[Iowa City]], Iowa on June 10, 1921. In 1939 he graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and in 1943 he graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He was married to Nanette Stokes from 1943 until his death in 2013. McCollister died on November 1, 2013 in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]] from [[prostate cancer]], aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20131101/NEWS/131109839/1685 |title=John Y. McCollister-obituary |access-date=2013-11-17 |archive-date=2013-11-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131101161155/http://www.omaha.com/article/20131101/NEWS/131109839/1685 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Othe