John Patrick Kirk (September 20, 1867, Ypsilanti, Michigan - August 22, 1952, Ypsilanti) was a Michigan politician in the early 1900s. He was born on September 20, 1867, the son of Bernard Kirk (d. 1899) and Ann (Murphy) Kirk, immigrants from Ireland. He married Mary Shaff on June 20, 1898. Kirk graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1888 and became a lawyer, was Washtenaw County prosecuting attorney from 1897 to 1900. He was commissioned as a major in the Army during the Spanish-American War; his name is inscribed on Ypsilanti's Spanish-American War Memorial, as the highest-ranking officer. Kirk subsequently became a general.