Archibald C. McGowan (August 26, 1822 – February 20, 1893) was an American merchant and politician from New York.
He attended the district schools, and Jonesville Academy in Saratoga County, New York.
About 1839, he began to work as a clerk in Troy, and in 1845 became a partner in a canal store in Clifton Park, and engaged in the coal and lumber trade.
There he built a dry dock, opened a general store, ran canal boats, and became President of the Frankfort and Ilion Railroad.
He died on February 20, 1893, in Frankfort, New York, and was buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Herkimer.