James George Donovan (December 15, 1898 – April 6, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician from New York, serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951 to 1957.

Active in politics as a Tammany Hall Democrat, he was Undersheriff of New York County from 1934 to 1941.

In 1956, he ran unsuccessfully for reelection as a Republican after having been denied renomination by Tammany Hall, and was defeated by Alfred E. Santangelo.

After leaving Congress, in 1957 Donovan was New York State Director of the Federal Housing Administration.

He then resumed practicing law, and maintained an office in New York City until retiring in 1965.