Joseph Stanton, Jr. (July 19, 17391807) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction. Stanton was born in Charlestown, Rhode Island in 1739. He served in the state legislature from 1768 to 1774. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a colonel in the Rhode Island State Regiment (aka. Stanton's Regiment) from December 12, 1776 until his resignation on November 10, 1777. After the war, he served as a general in the Rhode Island Militia. Stanton died later in 1807 in his home town of Charlestown. There is a monument to Stanton on US Route 1 in Charlestown, Rhode Island.