James Walter Beckett (5 August 1875 – 19 December 1938) was an Irish politician and building contractor.
He had four brothers and four sisters, as well as 4 half siblings from his father's first marriage to Mary Ann Jessie Kennedy.
[1] In June 1899, he married Elizabeth Ethel Keohler (later spelt Keller); and they had two sons and two daughters.
[1] A personal friend and political supporter of W. T. Cosgrave, Beckett was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency at the June 1927 general election.
The by-election caused by his death was held on 6 June 1939 and was won by John McCann of Fianna Fáil.