| James Shields | |
| State1: | Ohio |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1829 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1831 |
| Preceded1: | John Woods |
| Succeeded1: | Thomas Corwin |
| Office2: | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Butler County |
| Term Start2: | 1821 |
| Term End2: | 1823 |
| Preceded2: | Robert Anderson James Clark Joel Collins |
| Succeeded2: | James Clark David Higgins Marsh Williams |
| Term Start3: | 1819 |
| Term End3: | 1820 |
| Preceded3: | Robert Anderson Joel Collins William Murray |
| Succeeded3: | Robert Anderson James Clark Joel Collins |
| Term Start4: | 1811 |
| Term End4: | 1818 |
| Preceded4: | James Clark James Heaton John C. Imlay |
| Succeeded4: | Robert Anderson Joel Collins William Murray |
| Term Start5: | 1808 |
| Term End5: | 1810 |
| Preceded5: | William Corry James McClure |
| Succeeded5: | James Clark James Heaton John C. Imlay |
| Term Start6: | 1806 |
| Term End6: | 1807 |
| Preceded6: | James McClure Matthew Richardson |
| Succeeded6: | William Corry James McClure |
| Party: | Jacksonian |
| Birth Place: | Banbridge, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Death Place: | Venice, Ohio, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Venice Cemetery |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1762 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Glasgow |
James Shields (April 13, 1762August 13, 1831) was a one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving from 1829 to 1831.
A descendant of the Ó Siadhail family, Shields was born in Banbridge, County Down in the Kingdom of Ireland.
He received a good common-school education, entering the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1782 and graduated in 1786. He attended medical college for two years, before emigrating to the United States in July 1791 and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, where he taught school. He moved to Butler County, Ohio in 1801, but then returned to Virginia and became a citizen of the United States in 1804.
He returned to Ohio in 1807 and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives between 1806 and 1827 and was an elector for Andrew Jackson in 1828.[1] He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st United States Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).
Shields was killed through the accidental overturning of a stagecoach near Venice, Butler County, Ohio on August 13, 1831. He was interred in Venice Cemetery, Venice, Ohio. He was the uncle of U.S. Senator James Shields.