{{Short description|American politician (1795–1852)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Johnathan McCarty | image = | office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana | term_start = March 4, 1831 | term_end = March 3, 1837 | predecessor = John Test (3rd)<br/>''District established'' (5th) | successor = John Carr (3rd)<br/> James Rariden (5th) | constituency = {{ushr|IN|3|3rd district}} (1831-33)<br/>{{ushr|IN|5|5th district}} (1833-37) | birth_date = {{birth date|1795|8|3}} | birth_place = Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1852|5|30|1795|8|3}} | death_place = Keokuk, Iowa, U.S | party = Anti-Jacksonian | other_party = Jacksonian (before 1835) | education = | profession = | spouse = }} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000320. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Johnathan McCarty''' (August 3, 1795 – March 30, 1852) was a U.S. representative from Indiana.

Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, McCarty attended the public schools. He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his father, who settled in Franklin County. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818. He moved to Connersville, Indiana. He served as clerk of the county court 1819–1827.

McCarty was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840. He moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he died March 30, 1852. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.

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