| Office: | 5th Comptroller General |
| Governor: | John Geddes Thomas Bennett, Jr. |
| Term Start: | 1819 |
| Term End: | 1821 |
| Predecessor: | Robert Creswell |
| Successor: | Thomas Lee |
| Party: | Democratic-Republican |
John Stevens Cogdell was an American sculptor who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was also a lawyer and public official, and was a member of the city's St. Cecilia Society. He served as Comptroller General of South Carolina. In 1827, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician.