James Lockhart Autry (January 8, 1830 – December 31, 1862) was an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives between 1858 and 1859.

Autry later served in the Confederate Army, where he was killed during the United States Civil War.

Autry attended school in Holly Springs, Mississippi, with James Ronald Chalmers among his schoolmates.

[4] Autry joined the Confederate States Army and initially served in the Home Guards of Marshall County as a third lieutenant.

"[5] Autry's defiant reply was widely publicized,[6] and the city of Vicksburg held out for another year until its final capture in July, 1863.