John W. Wydler

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| image=John W. Wydler.jpg

| name=John W. Wydler

| caption=

| office = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York

| constituency = {{ushr|NY|4|4th district}} (1963–1973)
{{ushr|NY|5|5th district}} (1973–1981)

| term_start = January 3, 1963

| term_end = January 3, 1981

| predecessor = District established (redistricting)

| successor = Raymond J. McGrath

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|6|9}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|8|4|1924|6|9}}

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| alma_mater = Brown University

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}}

John Waldemar Wydler (June 9, 1924 – August 4, 1987) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Wydler was born in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 until 1945. He graduated from Brown University in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950. He served in the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York from 1953 until 1959.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/08/07/retired-rep-john-w-wydler-new-york-republican-dies-at-63/0b890bb1-27cc-4b1f-9cda-b990f9ed00a4/|title=RETIRED REP. JOHN W. WYDLER, NEW YORK REPUBLICAN, DIES AT 63|date=1987-08-07|work=Washington Post|access-date=2017-09-27|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} He was elected to Congress in 1962 and served from January 3, 1963, until January 3, 1981. He was a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.{{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000780|title=WYDLER, John Waldemar - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=2017-09-27}}

On December 24, 1987, the U.S. Post Office at Garden City, New York was named in his honor. In addition, the John W. Wydler Government Documents Depository, Axinn Library, at Hofstra University, was also dedicated to him. Wydler is buried in the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, New York.