James A. FitzPatrick (New York politician)

James Anthony FitzPatrick (June 29, 1916 – February 13, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He was born on June 29, 1916, in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York.

During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy, and attained the rank of lieutenant commander.

The James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba was named in his honor in 1975.

He died on February 13, 1988, in Champlain Valley Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York, of leukemia.