James Beach Wakefield (March 21, 1825 – August 25, 1910) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota.

His father was a Connecticut politician, and his brother was a Doctor from Yale University, who married Sarah F.

[4] James attended the public schools at Westfield, Massachusetts, and Jonesville, New York, graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1846 and studied law in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio.

He was appointed receiver of the United States Land Office at Winnebago City Township, Minnesota, June 1, 1869, and served until January 15, 1875, when he resigned.

He retired from public life and died at Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota with interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.