| John Stewart | |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1795 |
| Birth Place: | Chatham, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Chatham, Connecticut |
| Successor: | Samuel Dickinson Hubbard |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Predecessor: | William Whiting Boardman |
| Known For: | Twenty-eighth Congress, US Representative |
John Stewart (February 10, 1795 – September 16, 1860) was an American merchant and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1843 to 1845.
Born in Chatham, Connecticut, Stewart completed preparatory studies. He became engaged in shipbuilding and in the mercantile business in Middle Haddam.
He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1830, and in the Connecticut State Senate from 1832 to 1837.
He served as judge of the county court of Middletown, in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Stewart was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844, to the Twenty-ninth Congress.
He thereafter resumed shipbuilding pursuits, serving in the state senate again in 1846, and in the state house of representatives again in 1854.
He died in Chatham, Connecticut, and was interred in Union Hill Cemetery at Middle Haddam, Chatham, Connecticut.