Joseph John Crowell (September 18, 1780 – June 25, 1846) was born in Halifax County, North Carolina.

In the War of 1812, he helped to recruit a regiment and was commissioned as a colonel.

In the election of 1818, he became the first member of the House of Representatives from the new state of Alabama.

When he retired after one term in 1821, President James Monroe appointed him the United States Indian agent to the Creek Indians.

He died at Fort Mitchell, Alabama in 1846.