James Willard Ragsdale (December 14, 1872 – July 23, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Timmonsville, South Carolina, Ragsdale attended the public schools.

He was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Florence, South Carolina.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of South Carolina and for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

Ragsdale was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 23, 1919.