Ernest L. Jahncke

Ernest Lee Jahncke
Ernest Jahncke in 1930
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
In office
1 April 1929 – 17 March 1933
Preceded byTheodore Douglas Robinson
Succeeded byHenry L. Roosevelt
Personal details
Born(1877-10-13)October 13, 1877
New Orleans, Louisiana
DiedNovember 16, 1960(1960-11-16) (aged 83)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupationengineer

Ernest Lee Jahncke (October 13, 1877 – November 16, 1960) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933. He was the first, and until the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal, the only person ever to have been expelled from the International Olympic Committee. He was removed in July 1936 for his outspoken opposition to holding the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.