Ela Collins (February 14, 1786 – November 23, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He attended Clinton Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Lowville in 1807.

Also in 1808, Collins sold a parcel of land on which was constructed the Lowville Academy, and he was an original Trustee of the school.

As no candidate -- John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson or William H. Crawford had received a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 United States presidential election, the choice fell to the U.S. House.

[5] After his term in Congress Collins continued to practice law, and he later switched his political affiliation to the Anti-Masonic Party.