John Chiles Houk (February 26, 1860 – June 3, 1923) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.

Employed as a clerk in the Pensions Bureau at Washington, D.C., Houk worked from 1881 to 1883.

Houk was a secretary of the state Republican committee for four years.

[2] Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Leonidas C. Houk, Houk was re-elected to the Fifty-third Congress and served from December 7, 1891 to March 3, 1895.

Houk died in Fountain City, Tennessee in Knox County on June 3, 1923 (age 63 years, 97 days).