James Lisle Gillis (October 2, 1792 – July 8, 1881) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Gillis escaped just prior to being sent by ship to England, but was soon recaptured and held at Halifax, Nova Scotia until the end of the war in February 1815.

They had four sons and three daughters, including U.S. Navy officer James Henry Gillis.

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