| James W. Covert | |
| Image Name: | James W. Covert.jpg |
| Office: | Chairman of the House Committee on Patents |
| Term Start: | 1893 |
| Term End: | 1895 |
| Office2: | Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture |
| Term Start2: | 1879 |
| Term End2: | 1881 |
| State3: | New York |
| Term Start3: | March 4, 1889 |
| Term End3: | March 3, 1895 |
| Preceded3: | Perry Belmont |
| Succeeded3: | Richard C. McCormick |
| Term Start4: | March 4, 1877 |
| Term End4: | March 3, 1881 |
| Preceded4: | Henry B. Metcalfe |
| Succeeded4: | Perry Belmont |
| State Senate5: | New York State |
| District5: | 1st |
| Term Start5: | January 1, 1882 |
| Term End5: | December 31, 1883 |
| Preceded5: | John Birdsall |
| Succeeded5: | James Otis |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Oyster Bay, New York |
| Death Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
James Way Covert (September 2, 1842 – May 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from New York from 1877 to 1881, and from 1889 to 1895
Born at Oyster Bay, he attended the public schools and received an academic education in Locust Valley. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1863, and commenced practice in Flushing. He was district school commissioner from 1867 to 1870, assistant prosecuting attorney of Queens County, and Surrogate of Queens County from 1870 to 1874.
Covert was elected as a Democrat to the 45th and 46th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1881. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture (46th Congress). He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1882 and 1883.
He was elected to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Patents (53rd Congress).
Covert moved to Brooklyn in 1896 and resumed the practice of law. He died in Brooklyn in 1910; interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth.