James Thomas Ramey (December 5, 1914 – August 28, 2010) was an American lawyer, government official, and expert on the applications of nuclear technology.

[2] In 1941 he began working as a senior attorney for the federally owned electric utility corporation Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Knoxville.

[4] Ramey began applying his experience gained at the TVA to write a new, more flexible contract between the AEC and Westinghouse Electric Corporation who would be building a reactor for the world's first nuclear powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571).

[7][4] He was twice reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and 1968 with his final term ending in June 1973, making him the longest serving AEC commissioner.

[9] After his AEC commissioner term came to an end in 1973, Ramey worked as a vice-president of the engineering company Stone & Webster in Massachusetts.