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{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =John Moreno Coe| image_name =Johnmorenocoe.jpg| image_size =200px| image_caption =| date_of_birth =[[January 27]], [[1896]]| place_of_birth =Pensacola| date_of_death =[[September 11]], [[1973]]| place_of_death =Pensacola| occupation =Attorney, politician| religion =| spouse =Evalyn Shipley (m. [[March 13]], [[1920]])| parents =[[John McClay Coe|John McClay]] and [[Ruth Moreno Coe]]| children =Ruth Coe, James Mansfield Coe, Charles Shipley Coe, [[Evalyn Narramore|Evalyn Coe]], Henry Wickline Coe| signature =| signaturesize =}}'''John Moreno Coe''' (1897?-[[1896]]–[[1973]]) was a Pensacola attorney and civil libertarian prominent during the mid-twentieth century.
In [[1924]] he was appointed to fill the state senate term of [[John P. Stokes]], who moved to Miami shortly after his election. Coe was defeated in the [[1926]] reelection campaign, in part because of his opposition to a "Bible bill," which would have required the daily reading of King James scripture in Florida public classrooms, and a bill that would have given broad "search and seizure" latitude to state law enforcement agencies.
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*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carlrcoe&id=I2931 RootsWeb.com entry]
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[[Category:Attorneys|Coe, John Moreno]] [[Category:Florida State Senators|Coe, John Moreno]] [[Category:Civil rights activists|Coe, John Moreno]]