John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850 – October 22, 1926) was the second president, and chairman of the board, of Marshall Field & Company.

Born on a New Hampshire farm on July 20, 1850,[1] Shedd arrived in Chicago, Illinois in 1871 and began working as a stock clerk for Marshall Field.

[1] Field himself described Shedd as "the greatest merchant in the United States," and, indeed, under Shedd's presidency Marshall Field & Company became the largest store in Chicago and the largest wholesale and dry goods company in the world.

Shedd was a civic leader and founding member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, which continues to play an active role in the city's efforts to maintain itself as a world-class metropolis.

[citation needed] In 1920, Shedd provided the funds for the construction of the Shedd-Porter Memorial Library in Alstead, New Hampshire.