James Isaac Crutcher (December 31, 1835 – March 2, 1915) was an American politician and marshal who was a pioneer of the Idaho Territory.

Crutcher was educated in Frankfort, Kentucky, before moving West to mine, first to Colorado in 1860, then to Elk City, Idaho Territory in 1862.

[1] On July 30, 1894, President Grover Cleveland nominated Crutcher as United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, and he was confirmed by the senate on August 8, 1894.

He served until his successor, former state controller Frank C. Ramsey, received a recess appointment to the position on September 10, 1898.

[3][4] Crutcher had a poor financial situation in his last years, which he spent living with his brother in Livingston, and then Berkeley, California.