John William Stanton (February 20, 1924 – April 11, 2002) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1965 to 1983.

His father, Francis Michael Stanton, was a World War I veteran who lived for many years in Cleveland, Ohio in the house next door to Jerry Siegal, the creator of Superman.

He spent the next four years in Hawaii, New Guinea, and the Philippines with the 33rd Infantry Division Reconnaissance Troop, where he received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

[4] He briefly considered attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University but the line was too long, so he switched to business administration.

After college, he followed in his father's footsteps and opened his own Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Painesville, where one of his salespeople was Don Shula, who later became coach of the Miami Dolphins football team.