John Pershing Caufield (September 21, 1918 – August 24, 1986) was an American Democratic Party politician and public safety official from Newark, New Jersey.
He attended Sacred Heart School in Vailsburg and Seton Hall Prep before enlisting in the United States Navy following the Pearl Harbor attack.
[6] However, incumbent State Senator Martin L. Greenberg resigned in August 1979 requiring a special election to be held that November.
Local Democratic committee persons selected Caufield to be the nominee for Senate in the special election which he subsequently won.
[8] In July 1986, following the inauguration of Sharpe James as Newark's new mayor, Caufield resigned from the position of Fire Director.