John Tyler Haight (October 15, 1841 – December 3, 1892) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Colts Neck Township Committee, the Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders and as Monmouth County Clerk.
He was born in Colts Neck and was a resident there his entire life, with the exception of that time spent as a student at Princeton University.
Haight was elected in 1868 to the Board of Chosen Freeholders representing Atlantic Township.
[2] In 1890, Haight was the successful Democratic candidate for county clerk, defeating Democratic incumbent C. Ewing Patterson, who was running as an independent, and John Hubbard, the Republican.
[3] A brother, Charles Haight, served in the United States House of Representatives, and a son, Thomas Griffith Haight, served as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.