John Thomas Peavey (September 1, 1933 – June 16, 2024) was an American rancher and Democratic politician from Carey, Idaho.
From a young age Peavey worked on the ranch founded by his grandfather, U.S.
In 1969 he succeeded his mother, Mary Brooks in the Idaho Senate as a Republican after she was appointed director of the United States Mint by President Richard M. Nixon.
In 1974, after repeated attempts to pass a Sunshine Law; a law requiring lobbyists to register and political campaign disclosure, in the legislature were unsuccessful, Peavey led a successful statewide campaign to pass one by ballot initiative.
[citation needed] In 1994 Peavey was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.