John William Aiken (August 13, 1896 – December 14, 1968) was an American furniture finisher and socialist activist. Aiken was the vice-presidential and presidential nominee of the Socialist Labor Party of America. Aiken was born in Saugus, Massachusetts, in 1896, to John T. Aiken, a shoemaker, and Alice L. Smith. In 1932, Aiken was the vice-presidential nominee of the SLP alongside Verne L. Reynolds. In 1936, Aiken, now a Chelsea, Massachusetts resident, was named to the top of the ticket with as the party's nominee for vice president. The Aiken/Teichert campaign received 12,799 votes.