William Howard Hodges (April 18, 1929 – September 14, 2017) was a Virginia Court of Appeals judge and state legislator.

Hodges was elected in 1961 as Democrat to the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 49th District.

Hodges represented the 3rd District, which included all of the cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, from 1966 to 1972.

In 1977, Hodges was appointed by Governor Mills E. Godwin as Chairman of the Virginia Council on Criminal Justice.

Hodges has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake People's Bank, on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater Randolph-Macon College and as vice chairman of the Virginia Crime Commission.