James Edward Freeman (July 24, 1866 – June 6, 1943) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, serving from 1923 to 1943.

He was educated in public school in New York after which he commenced employment in the accounting department of the Long Island Railroad.

[2] After fifteen years he started to train for the priesthood after he was encouraged by the Bishop of New York Horatio Potter.

He also lost the election for the Bishop of Colorado by one vote and refused the position of Dean of New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

[4] He also officiated at memorial services for Warren G. Harding, Woodrow Wilson, and William Howard Taft.