John Charles Groome (March 20, 1862 – August 31, 1930), was the first superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Police from 1905 to 1917.

He was the former warden of the Eastern State Penitentiary and a Colonel in World War I.

[1][2] He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1862, to Samuel William Groome and Nancy Andrew Connelly.

[3][4] In the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry he was promoted to corporal in 1887, then sergeant in 1889.

[1] He retired from the Pennsylvania State Police on February 28, 1920, and died August 31, 1930, at the age of 68.