Editing John Watson (section)

== Government and politics ==
* [[John Watson (16th-century MP)]] (fl. 1547–1554), Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed
* Sir [[John Watson (advocate)]] (John Charles Watson, 1883–1944), Scottish advocate and sheriff, Solicitor General for Scotland 1929–31
* [[John Watson (Australian politician)]] (born 1937), former Australian senator
* [[John Watson (Queensland politician)]] (1833–1912), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* [[John Watson (Skipton MP)]] (born 1943), British Member of Parliament for Skipton, 1979–1989
* [[John Watson (Virginia politician)]] (died 1870), African-American politician in Virginia
* [[John A. Watson]], member of the California State Assembly
* Sir John [[Bertrand Watson]] (1878–1948), British Member of Parliament for Stockton-on-Tees, 1917–1923
* [[John C. Watson (judge)]] (1878–1970), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
* [[Chris Watson]] (John Christian Watson, 1867–1941), Australia's third prime minister
* [[John H. Watson (Vermont judge)]] (1851–1929), Vermont attorney and judge
* [[John Hampton Watson]] (1804–1883), American judge
* [[John S. Watson (New Jersey politician)]] (1924–1996), African-American Democratic Party politician in New Jersey
* [[John T. Watson]] (1908–2007), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
* [[J. W. Watson Sr.]] (1859–1942), Mayor of Miami and speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
* [[John William Clark Watson]] (1808–1890), Confederate politician and judge