James Olmsted
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James Olmsted
|office=Deputy of the
General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=James+Olmsted&pg=PA77 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk]
|term_start=October 1691
|term_end=May 1692
|predecessor=Samuel Smith,
Andrew Messenger
|alongside=John Belding
|successor=Samuel Hayes,
Thomas Betts
|term_start2=October 1692
|term_end2=May 1693
|predecessor2=Samuel Hayes,
Thomas Betts
|alongside2=John Platt
|successor2=Samuel Hayes,
Samuel Betts
|term_start3=October 1693
|term_end3=May 1694
|predecessor3=Samuel Betts, Samuel Hayes
|alongside3=Samuel Hayes
|successor3=Samuel Hayes, Matthew Marvin, Jr.
|office2=Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
|term_start4=May 1699
|term_end4=October 1699
|predecessor4=Samuel Hayes, John Keeler
|alongside4=
|successor4=Samuel Hayes
|birth_date=April 17, 1645
|birth_place=Hartford, Connecticut Colony[https://books.google.com/books?id=qkJEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA192 Henry King Olmsted and George Kemp Ward, Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (New York: A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company, 1912), 192]
|residence=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
|death_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
|restingplace=
|religion=
|spouse=Phebe Barlow (m. May 1, 1673)
|children=James Olmsted, Joseph Olmsted, Nathan Olmsted, Samuel Olmsted, John Olmsted
|occupation=
}}
James Olmsted (April 17, 1645 – April 28, 1731) was an early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1691, October 1692, October 1693, and May 1699.
He was the son of founding settler of Norwalk, Richard Olmsted and Elizabeth Haugh Olmsted.
He served as town clerk of Norwalk for 29 years, from 1678 to 1707 and again in 1721.
In 1671, and from 1682 to 1685, he was chosen as a selectman.
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General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
|before=Samuel Smith
|before2=Andrew Messenger
|with=John Belding
|after=Samuel Hayes
|after2=Thomas Betts
|years=October 1691–May 1692
}}
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General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
|before=Samuel Hayes
|before2=Thomas Betts
|with=John Platt
|after=Samuel Hayes
|after2=Samuel Betts
|years=October 1692–May 1693
}}
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General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
|before=Samuel Hayes
|before2=Samuel Betts
|with=Samuel Hayes
|after=Samuel Hayes
|after2=Matthew Marvin, Jr.
|years=October 1693–May 1694
}}
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House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
|before=Samuel Hayes
|before2=John Keeler
|with=
|after=Samuel Hayes
|after2=
|years=May 1699–October 1699
}}
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