James Alexander Dudley Richards (March 22, 1845 – December 4, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1893 to 1895.

Richards was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent his early life there and in New York City, where he received a common-school education.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Fifty-third Congress).

He was interred in the East Fair Street Cemetery.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress