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John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.

John Dalzell was born in New York City. He moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1847.

He attended the common schools and the Western University of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Yale College with the class of 1865. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh.

Dalzell was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads during the Fifty-first Congress, and the United States House Committee on Rules during the Sixty-first Congress.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1908, and served as a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1906 to 1913.

He retired in Washington, D.C., and died while on a visit to Altadena, California, aged 82. He is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.

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• Charles E. Patton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by James S. Negley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1887 - 1903	Succeeded by George F. Huff
Preceded by Robert H. Foerderer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district 1903 - 1913	Succeeded by M. Clyde Kelly