James Stephens (died 1683) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1660.
He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1639 and 1643 and was a member of the Grand Inquest that reported on the houses damaged by a July 1646 siege during the First English Civil War.
[1] In November 1656, Stephens was returned as Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Second Protectorate Parliament when the elected candidate John Desborough chose to represent Somerset.
[2] He was appointed captain of the militia regiment of foot in Gloucester on 5 April 1660.
[2] Stephens died in 1683 and was buried in St Nicholas' Church on 9 November 1683.