| Last name | Watts |
| First name | John |
| Display name | John Watts |
| Birth date | 1749 |
| Death date | 1836 |
| Birth place | New York City |
| Death place | New York City |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | New York State, United States Government |
| Bio notes | American lawyer and politician from New York. Member of New York State Assembly (1791-1793); Member of US Congress (1793-1795); judge of Westchester County, New York (1802-1807). Member of the commission to build Newgate Prison in New York City (1796-1799). Appointed commissioner to a state prison in 1796. |