Ira Kent Wells (June 18, 1871 – April 3, 1934) was an American lawyer and a federal judge in Puerto Rico.

He practiced law in Seneca, Kansas, and became involved in politics in that state.

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916 and served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps from 1917 to 1920.

In 1921, President Warren G. Harding named Wells as the United States Attorney for Puerto Rico, a position he held until 1924.

Wells served two four-years terms as the sole federal judge in Puerto Rico, being renominated by President Herbert Hoover in 1929.