{{Short description|American politician (1871–1943)}} {{other people||James Sinclair (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Sinclair | image = SINCLAIR, JAMES. REPRESENTATIVE LCCN2016860378 Trim (cropped).jpg | caption = Portrait by Harris & Ewing {{circa}} 1919–1933 | state = North Dakota | predecessor = Patrick Norton | successor = Usher L. Burdick | party = Republican (NPL) | death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | birth_place = St. Marys, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|09|05|1871|10|09}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1871|10|09}} | birth_name = James Herbert Sinclair | constituency = 3rd district (1919–1933) <br> At-large district (1933–1935) | term_end = January 3, 1935 | term_start = March 4, 1919 }}
'''James Herbert Sinclair''' (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was American farmer and politician of the Republican Party and Nonpartisan League<ref>{{cite journal |title=A Farmer Against a Lawyer |journal=The Nonpartisan Leader |date=10 June 1918 |volume=6 |issue=23 |url=https://archive.org/details/nonpartisanleade61918farg/page/n526/mode/1up |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1933.
He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to Dakota Territory in 1883. He was elected to North Dakota's State House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1919.
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=North Dakota | district=3 | before=Patrick D. Norton | after=none (seat lost by reapportionment) | years=1919 – 1933 }} {{US House succession box | state=North Dakota | district=AL | before=Thomas Hall (1st) and<br>Olger B. Burtness (2nd) | after=Usher L. Burdick | years=with William Lemke<br>1933 – 1935 }} {{s-end}} {{NorthDakotaUSRepresentatives}}
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