John Laughlin (March 14, 1856 – August 4, 1905) was an American politician from New York.

John Laughlin was born in Newstead, New York on March 14, 1856.

Then he studied law with Richard Crowley, was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced in Buffalo.

He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention.

He died suddenly on August 4, 1905, in his apartment at the Lenox Hotel in Buffalo, of "apoplexy".