James Patton Anderson was an American slave owner, medical doctor, lawyer, and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, and a delegate at the Florida state secession convention to withdraw from the United States. He also served in the American Civil War as a general in the Confederate States Army, serving in the Army of Tennessee.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, marshal, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 16, 1822, February 10, 1822
