James Williams Quiggle (January 20, 1820 – November 28, 1878) was an American railroad magnate, politician and diplomat.
He was elected as a Buchanan Democrat and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate representing District 14 (Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan counties).
[5] He was a Lt.-Col. on Governor William F. Packer's staff before fellow Pennsylvanian, President James Buchanan, appointed him U.S. Consul to Antwerp.
During the Civil War, he attempted to persuade Gen. Giuseppe Garibaldi to command military operations for the Lincoln administration, a plan abandoned by early 1863.
[6] Together, they were the parents of three children: He owned "Restless Oaks", the family estate in McElhattan, Pennsylvania (near Lock Haven).