James Clifford Hansen (December 29, 1893 – July 18, 1967) was mayor of Murray, Utah for two stints in office.

Previous to being elected mayor, Hansen served a total of 12 years as a Murray city commissioner.

[2] During his time in office, he was known for greatly expanding electric power generation for the municipally-owned utility and improving infrastructure for the city's water department.

He ran for Salt Lake County commissioner, but was defeated in 1946.

He would succeed in ousting Smith, and be re-elected mayor for two more terms.