Francis Dugan Culkin (November 10, 1874 – August 4, 1943) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

[3] He joined the 48th Separate Company of the New York Army National Guard as a Private and served during the Spanish–American War.

[6] Culkin studied law, passed the bar, and began a practice in 1902 while also serving as Secretary of the Oswego Civil Service Commission.

[11][12] Culkin died as the result of histoplasmosis, a rare tropical disease he was believed to have contracted while on a trip to South America in 1938.

[17] Culkin's Oswego law firm is still in operation as Amdursky, Pelky, Fennell & Wallen P.C.