John Patrick Higgins (February 19, 1893 – August 2, 1955) was an officer in the United States Navy, chemist, attorney, and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Higgins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard University in 1917.

Charles F. Hurley on October 1, 1937, as chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court,[1] in which capacity he served until his death in 1955.

[1] Appointed in January 1946 by the Justice Department with the approval of President Truman to be the United States judge on the 11 country International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo, Japan, Judge Higgins resigned in June 1946 to return to his family and his duties as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

During his Congressional career, Congressman Higgins advocated for improved working conditions and benefits in America and against religious persecution in Mexico.