James Breck Perkins

{{short description|American politician}}

{{about|the Congressman (1847-1910)|other people named James Perkins|James Perkins (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = James B. Perkins

|image = File:James Breck Perkins.jpg

|office = Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York

|constituency = {{ushr|NY|31|31st district}} (1901–03)
{{ushr|NY|32|32nd district}} (1903–10)

|term_start = March 4, 1901

|term_end = March 11, 1910

|predecessor= James M.E. O'Grady

|successor = James S. Havens

| birth_name = James Breck Perkins

| birth_date = {{birth date|1847|11|4}}

| birth_place = St. Croix Falls, Territory of Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1910|3|11|1847|11|4}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| education =

| alma_mater = University of Rochester

| party = Republican

| children = James D. Havens

}}

James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an American historian, a United States congressman, and a writer.

He was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Rochester, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1867. He served as city attorney of Rochester, New York, from 1874 to 1878; was a member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 1st D.) in 1898; and served as a representative in Congress from 1901 until his death.

Recognized as the leading authority in the particular historical field to which he devoted himself, he was honored by membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His writings include:{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/a/OL1270070A/James_Breck_Perkins|title = James Breck Perkins}}

• France under Mazarin (1887)
• France under Louis XV (1897)
• Richelieu (1900), in the "Heroes of the Nations Series"
• France in the American Revolution (1911)

He died in Washington, D.C.