James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810 – April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Afterward Mr. Hale and his bride moved to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, where his father-in-law resided.

After practicing there for a short time in 1851 he was appointed president judge of the twentieth judicial district and served in that office until 1858.

He was conservative in his political views and urged Congress to pass compromise resolutions soon after the outbreak of the Civil War.

James T. Hale, Sr. died after a short bout of typhoid fever on April 6, 1865, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and was there buried at Union Cemetery.