John Hovey Rice (February 5, 1816 – March 14, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

He served as clerk in the office of the register of deeds, Augusta, Maine from 1831 to 1841.

He served as aide-de-camp to General Bachelor in the Aroostook War, the northeastern boundary dispute with Great Britain, in 1838.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses).

United States collector of customs at the port of Bangor, Maine from 1861 to 1871.