Lincoln Loy McCandless (September 18, 1859 – October 5, 1940) was a United States cattle rancher, industrialist and politician for the Territory of Hawaii.

Born September 18, 1859, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, his mother was Eliza Ann Newman and father Thomas McCartney McCandless.

McCandless moved to Hawaii in 1882 to employ his expertise in oil drilling and mining to construct artesian wells.

[4] By 1908 McCandless switched to join the Hawaii Democratic Party to oppose Kūhiō as non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district,[5][6] He was also nominated in 1910,[7] and in 1912,[8] losing all those elections, but Democrat William Paul Jarrett was nominated and won the elections in 1922 and 1924.

[9] Losing a bid for reelection, McCandless directed the construction of roads, buildings, and a sewer system for Honolulu.