Joseph D. Lohman (January 31, 1910 – April 26, 1968) was an American educator and politician.

Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson appointed Lohman chairman of the Illinois Parole Board in 1949.

In 1954, Lohman was elected sheriff of Cook County, Illinois as a Democrat and then in 1958, Lohman was elected Illinois Treasurer.

In 1961, Lohman resigned as Illinois Treasurer and was appointed dean of the school of criminology at University of California, Berkeley.

He died in Walnut Creek, California of a heart ailment at age 58.