Julius J. Matthews (8 January 1826 – 27 April 1916) was an American physician and politician.
Born in Perry County, Ohio, on 8 January 1826, Matthews moved to Indiana in 1835.
[1] Two years after Matthews moved to Lyons, he was elected to the Iowa Senate.
After stepping down from the state senate, Matthews remained active in municipal political offices, as an alderman and school board member.
He then moved to Maywood, Illinois, where one of his surviving sons and daughter lived.