James A. Nolan was an American politician and businessman who served several terms in the Alaska Legislature, representing Wrangell, Alaska, as a Democrat. He served as the 21st president of the Alaska Senate from 1955 to 1957. He was the first person in the history of the Alaska Legislature to serve a consecutive tenure of 20 years, spanning the territorial and early statehood eras.
- Occupation
- politician, lithographer, merchant, restaurateur
- Position held
- Delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, member of the State Senate of Alaska, member of the State Senate of Alaska, member of the State Senate of Alaska
