James Jarrell "Jake" Pickle (October 11, 1913 – June 18, 2005) was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1963 to 1995.

Pickle attended the public schools in Big Spring and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of the 1934 Southwest Conference championship swimming team and the student body president as a senior in 1937.

Pickle was introduced by future governor John Connally to Representative Lyndon Johnson, who served as his political mentor.

When the war ended, he, Johnson, and Connally helped found a radio station (KVET) in Austin, Texas.

Pickle went on to play a key role in passing major Social Security reform legislation in 1983 to save the system from insolvency.

He died at his home in Austin on June 18, 2005, of complications from his cancer and is interred at the Texas State Cemetery there.