John Wilson Candler (February 10, 1828 – March 16, 1903) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

He then became a merchant, engaged in shipping and commerce with the East and West Indies and South America.

Candler married Lucy Almira Cobb on September 1, 1851 in Boston.

Her mother Augusta, however, had converted to Mormonism in 1832 and abandoned the family in 1843 to marry Brigham Young as his second polygamous wife.

His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.