| Julius Hotchkiss | |
| Office1: | 55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut |
| Governor1: | James E. English |
| Term Start1: | May 4, 1870 |
| Term End1: | May 16, 1871 |
| Predecessor1: | Francis Wayland III |
| Successor1: | Morris Tyler |
| State2: | Connecticut |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1867 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1869 |
| Predecessor2: | Samuel L. Warner |
| Successor2: | Stephen Wright Kellogg |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 1810 |
| Birth Place: | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Middletown, Connecticut, U.S |
| Party: | Democratic |
Julius Hotchkiss (July 11, 1810 – December 23, 1878) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Woodward and Polly (Castle) Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers.[1] At seventeen, he taught in Prospect schools. He later moved to Waterbury and ran a store and a factory that made cotton webbing and suspenders.[1]
In 1832, he married Melissa Perkins (of Oxford) with whom he had five children and were members of The New Church.[1]
Hotchkiss was nominated by both parties to be the first Mayor of Waterbury in 1853 when it was incorporated, shifting to the Democratic Party when the Whigs had dissolved.[1] In 1851 and 1858, he served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). After leaving Congress, he was the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1870. He died in Middletown in 1878 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.