John Garber (November 9, 1833 – December 14, 1908) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1871 to 1872.

[1][2] He studied law in Virginia to gain admission to the bar, and then moved to San Francisco, California, in 1857, where he briefly practiced law with his uncle, Joseph G. Baldwin, before moving to Santa Cruz, California for eighteen months, practicing law and serving as a Justice of the Peace.

[1] In 1870, Garber moved to Virginia City, Nevada, where he practiced mining law until his election to the territorial supreme court in November of that year.

[3] He served from 1871 until his resignation on November 7, 1872,[1] thereafter moving back to California to resume private practice.

[2] Garber died at his home in Berkeley, California following an attack of typhoid fever.