John Phillips (November 26, 1770 – May 29, 1823) was an American politician, serving as the first mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, from 1822 to 1823.

[6] In 1794, Phillips was invited to deliver the annual Fourth of July oration before the people of Boston.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1810,[7] and in 1812, he was chosen a member of the corporation of Harvard.

[8] In 1820, he was a member of the convention that met to consider the revision of the state constitution, and he took an active part in the proceedings of that body.

At the close of his term of office the precarious condition of his health led him to decline a re-election.