John Hutchins (July 25, 1812 – November 20, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1859 to 1863.

He served as clerk of the common pleas court for Trumbull County from 1838 to 1843, and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850.

He later formed a partnership with Jacob Dolson Cox[1] Hutchins was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859–March 3, 1863).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1862, and subsequently resumed the practice of law in Warren.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress