John Pugh (June 2, 1761 – July 13, 1842) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Pugh was born in Hilltown Township, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary Army as a private, ensign, and captain. He engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, and served as justice of the peace. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1800 to 1804.
Pugh was elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1808. He served as register of wills and recorder of deeds of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1810 to 1821, and died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in 1842. Interment in the Presbyterian Churchyard.
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