John F. Cox is an American attorney, politician, and city manager who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts.

[1][2] His father was an insurance salesman who served He graduated from Lowell High School in 1973 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in political science from Salem State College in 1977 and a J.D.

Cox served as an assistant Middlesex district attorney for one year before opening his own law practice in Lowell.

[2] In 1982, Cox was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, defeating incumbent Nikolas Lambros in the Democratic primary.

[3] In April 2006, city councilors met with Cox to inform him that the majority of the council wanted him to step down.