John Crafts Wright (August 17, 1783 – February 13, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a journalist.

Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, Wright completed preparatory studies and then learned the trade of printer.

Wright was elected to the Seventeenth Congress, but resigned on March 3, 1821, before the beginning of the congressional term.

Wright was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1831 and served until February 2, 1835, when he resigned.

He served as delegate to and honorary president of the Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war, and died while serving in that capacity at Washington on February 13, 1861.