John Bernard Vasconcellos Jr. ComIH (May 11, 1932 – May 24, 2014) was an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party.

After graduating magna cum laude and valedictorian of his class from Santa Clara, Vasconcellos spent two years as a lieutenant in the United States Army, serving in West Germany.

[1] In 1966, Vasconcellos ran for and won a seat in the California State Assembly, taking office January 2, 1967.

[1] Throughout his long public career Vasconcellos worked to illuminate the link between personal psychology and politics.

[4] In March 2004, Vasconcellos introduced Senate Bill 1606, known as Training Wheels for Citizenship, which would allow people 14 or older to vote.

Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, compared this bill's fractional vote to the policy of the Three-Fifths Compromise, which gave slaves three-fifths representation in the early history of the U.S.[6] Vasconcellos abandoned the bill after it fell one vote short in the final committee.

Vasconcellos died at his home in Santa Clara, California, from multiple organ failure, thirteen days after his 82nd birthday.