James William Husted (March 16, 1870 – January 2, 1925) was a politician elected to four succeeding terms as a U.S. Representative (1915–1923) from New York.

He graduated in 1888 from Yale University in 1892, where he was a member of Skull and Bones,[1]: 1392  and in 1894 from the New York Law School.

They had six children: James William, Jr., John G.W., Pricilla, David, Ellery, and Robert.

In 1897, he moved to the growing city of White Plains and continued the practice of law.

Declining to run for office in 1922, Husted returned to the practice of law in Peekskill.