John Langdon Rand (October 28, 1861 – November 19, 1942) was an American politician and jurist in the state of Oregon.

John junior was educated in Portsmouth and attended Smith Preparatory School there before enrolling at Dartmouth College.

[1] Then in 1902, he was elected to a four-year term as a Republican to the Oregon State Senate representing Baker, Harney, and Malheur counties.

While on the bench of the state supreme court he served as chief justice from 1927 to 1929, 1933 to 1935, and 1939 to 1941 before dying in office on November 19, 1942.

The controversy began with a complex legal battle over the estate of E. Henry Wemme, a wealthy immigrant to Oregon.