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John S. Watrous (died 1897) was a politician from Minnesota, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing St. Louis County, Minnesota. Watrous was the first Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, a position he held from the convention of the 1st Minnesota Legislature in December 1857, until the Speaker's chair was declared vacant on March 12, 1858, due to a prolonged absence during which he was handling private business.^[1]

Watrous died in 1897.

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Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Joseph Bowron	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the St. Croix–La Pointe district January 7, 1850 – January 6, 1851	Succeeded by John O. Henning
Minnesota House of Representatives
State government established	Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 26th district December 2, 1857 – December 6, 1859	Succeeded by William Nettleton
Preceded by Joseph W. Furber (Territorial)	Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives December 2, 1857 – March 12, 1858	Succeeded by George Bradley

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Territorial (1849–1857)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber
State (since 1857)	Watrous Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt Hortman