John Clark Dore (March 22, 1822 – December 14, 1900) was an American educator and politician from New Hampshire.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Dore briefly taught in Boston, Massachusetts before he was recruited to come to Chicago, Illinois to serve as its first superintendent of school.

Dore was also a successful merchant, serving as the vice president of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Dore was then named an assistant teacher in a public school in Boston, Massachusetts.

[6] Dore would serve as president and director of the Illinois Humane Society for several years.

Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, he was named the president of the State Savings Institution, resigning in 1873.

He died at the Hotel Vendome in Boston on December 14, 1900, and was buried in the Herman Dore Farm Cemetery in Ossipee.