John Barentse Yates (February 1, 1784 – July 10, 1836) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from New York.
He served in the War of 1812 under Gen. Wade Hampton on the northern frontier and was subsequently appointed aide-de-camp to Gov.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Fourteenth Congress).
He moved to Chittenango, New York in 1816 where he later founded the Yates Polytechnic Institute in 1825.
He was interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery, near Chittenango, New York.