James Edward Geringer[1] (born April 24, 1944) is an American politician who was the 30th Governor of Wyoming, serving from 1995 to 2003.

His father, Gottlieb Geringer, was a Volga German from Lauwe (now Yablonovka, Saratov Oblast) in the Russian Empire, and his mother, Edla Malin (née Johnson), was of Swedish descent.

[1] He attended Kansas State University and was a member of Triangle Fraternity, earning a degree in mechanical engineering.

In 1997, Governor Geringer called for a boycott of America Online after Sondra London posted a series of murder confessions sent to her from "Happy Face Killer" Keith Jesperson, protesting that he found the items to be offensive.

After serving as governor, he joined Redlands, California based ESRI as director of policy and public sector strategies.