Politics
- John Bennett (fl.1586-9), MP for Heytesbury and Westbury
- John Bennett (Australian politician) (born 1942), Tasmanian politician
- John Bennett (Canadian politician) (1832–1912), Ontario farmer and political figure
- John B. Bennett (1904–1964), U.S. Representative from Michigan
- John O. Bennett (born 1948), state senator and acting governor of New Jersey
- John Bennett (MP), British Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire
- John Bennett (Serjeant at Law) (1658–1723), British politician
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