John Joseph Kindred (July 15, 1864 – October 23, 1937) was an American physician and politician. Kindred served five terms as U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913, and from 1921 to 1929, before returning to the practice of medicine. As a physician, his focus was on mental diseases, and he established mental hospitals in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Kindred was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912.
He became interested in agricultural pursuits and in the construction of houses.
Kindred was elected to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928.