John D. Works
 John Downey Works (March 29 1847 – June 6 1928) was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917.John Downey Works was born in Indiana and attended private schools there. As a young man he served in the American Civil War as a member of the Tenth Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. After a few years as a lawyer in Indiana he moved to San Diego California in 1883 and rose in California politics.