John Converse Starkweather (February 23, 1829 – November 15, 1890) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

He graduated from Union College, class of 1850, and studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857.

[1] Re-organizing his regiment for three years, by special order of the War Department, he again enlisted and served in Kentucky and northern Alabama.

[1] He and his wife Louisa had six children—Walter Augustus, George Anson, Mabel Ray, Rachel Field, Francis Morgan, and Bessie Bush.

[1] After farming for several years in Wisconsin and occupying posts of importance and trust, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he practiced law until his death there in 1890.