John Goff Ballentine (May 20, 1825 – November 23, 1915) was an American slave owner,[1] politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district and a colonel in the Confederate army.

He was a member of the faculty of Livingston Law School in New York.

[2] Ballentine moved to Panola County, Mississippi about 1854, continued the practice of law, and engaged in the extensive family agricultural pursuits.

He served as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Ballentine died in Pulaski, Tennessee on November 23, 1915 (age 90 years, 187 days).