John Benjamin "Jack" Roe III (November 21, 1942―November 27, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate.
[5] The 35th district, at the time, included all or parts of Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, and Winnebago counties located in the northwest corner of the state.
[6] In the 1976 general election, Roe defeated Democratic candidate Willis McKinney, a school superintendent from Stockton.
[9] After he left the Senate, Governor James R. Thompson appointed Roe to replace Harry F. Polos as the Chief Justice of the Illinois Court of Claims for a term ending in 1985.
[2] On November 1, 2021, Tom Demmer, whose district overlaps the area Roe had represented, introduced a resolution to designate the Rochelle State Route 251 overpass as the "Sen. John B.