James Forsyth (September 8, 1817 – August 10, 1886) was an attorney, businessman, and the seventh president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1839 where he was a founding member of the Lambda Iota Society.
The following year, he moved to Troy, New York where he practiced law, and was a director and counsel of several local banks and companies.
He was a longtime trustee of the Troy Female Seminary, which became the Emma Willard School, and Rensselaer.
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