James Bates (Maine politician)

James Bates
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1831 (1831-03-04)  March 3, 1833 (1833-03-03)
Preceded bySamuel Butman
Succeeded byJoseph Hall
Personal details
Born(1789-09-24)September 24, 1789
Greene, Massachusetts (now Maine)
DiedFebruary 25, 1882(1882-02-25) (aged 92)
Yarmouth, Maine
Political partyJacksonian

James Bates (September 24, 1789 – February 25, 1882) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Greene, Massachusetts (now in Maine), on September 24, 1789. He attended the common schools.

He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was a surgeon during the War of 1812. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 March 3, 1833). He then became a hospital executive.

He died, aged 92, on February 25, 1882, in Yarmouth, Maine. His interment is in the Old Oak Cemetery, Norridgewock, Maine.

Bates' son, James M. Bates, became a noted physician.