John Brisbin (July 13, 1818 – February 3, 1880) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Brisbin was born in Sherburne, New York. He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, about 1843.Brisbin was elected as a Democrat to the thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Chester P. Butler.