John Anderson McDowell (September 25, 1853 – October 2, 1927) was an American educator who served for two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for from 1897 to 1901.

He graduated from the Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1887.

Trustee of the State normal college at Kent, Ohio from 1911 to 1922.

He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.

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