James Wangsness

{{Short description|American politician and farmer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = James Wangsness

| image = James Wangsness by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| office = Member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
from the 23rd district

| termstart = 2019

| office2 = Member of the Hand County Commission

| termstart2 = 2013

| termend2 = 2019

| party = Republican

| predecessor = Justin Cronin

| successor = Charles Hoffman (elect)

}}

James Wangsness is an American politician and farmer serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 23rd district. A former commissioner of Hand County, South Dakota, Wangsness was appointed to the House by Governor Kristi Noem in 2019 after the resignation of Justin Cronin.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-23|title=Noem appoints Wangsness to House seat|url=https://apnews.com/423e83bd6f8a42a0a942b06552ed5352|access-date=2020-08-14|website=AP NEWS}}{{Cite web|title=SDLRC - Representative James D. Wangsness - 2020|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2020&Member=1762&Cleaned=True|access-date=2020-08-14|website=sdlegislature.gov}}{{Cite web|last=Kaczke|first=Lisa|title=James Wangsness appointed to represent District 23 in South Dakota House|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/22/james-wangsness-appointed-represent-district-23-south-dakota-house-kristi-noem/2451106001/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Argus Leader|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=James Wangsness|url=https://ballotpedia.org/James_Wangsness|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}