J. Edward Hutchinson (October 13, 1914 – July 22, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Michigan.

He graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1936, and was a member of Acacia fraternity.

Hutchinson thereupon established a law practice in Allegan, Michigan.

Hutchinson enlisted as a private in the United States Army in January 1941, served as a noncommissioned officer in the Fourteenth Coast Artillery, as a captain in the Transportation Corps, and was discharged in April 1946.

He was the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.