James Thomas Patterson (October 20, 1908 – February 7, 1989) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

He was graduated from Peekskill (New York) Military Academy in 1929 and from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1933.

While attending school worked for the Connecticut highway department from 1924 to 1933, U.S. Rubber Company in 1934, for the United States Department of Labor 1934–1937, for the Social Security Board in 1937 and 1938, and for the United States Treasury 1938–1940.

He served with the United States Marine Corps and the Office of Strategic Services from September 1941 until discharged as a major in July 1946, with overseas service in the African and European Theaters and in India, Burma, and China.

He was a resident of Bethlehem, Connecticut, until his death in Camden, New Jersey, on February 7, 1989.