{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000674. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = James L. Hodges | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|12|12th}} | term_start = March 4, 1827 | term_end = March 3, 1833 | predecessor = [[Francis Baylies]] | successor = [[John Quincy Adams]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1790|4|24}} | birth_place = [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1846|3|8|1790|4|24}} | death_place = [[Taunton, Massachusetts]] | spouse = | party = [[National Republican Party|National Republican]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''James Leonard Hodges''' (April 24, 1790 &ndash; March 8, 1846) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

Born in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], Hodges attended the common schools. He studied law. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and practiced law. He later worked as a bank cashier. He was then postmaster of Taunton. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]]. He served in the senate in 1823 and 1824.

Hodges was elected as an Adams candidate to the [[20th United States Congress|Twentieth]] Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the [[21st United States Congress|Twenty-first]] and [[22nd United States Congress|Twenty-second]] Congresses (March 4, 1827 &ndash; March 3, 1833). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He died in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], March 8, 1846. He was interred in Plain Burying Ground.

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