James K. Bates

James K. Bates (June 24, 1806, in Windham County, Connecticut – June 30, 1872, in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York) was an American physician and politician from New York.

Life
He was the son of James Bates and Linda (Fairbanks) Bates (b. 1781). He married Serena L. Massey and they had three children.

He was an Inspector of State Prisons from 1861 to 1866, elected in 1860 on the Republican ticket, and in 1863 on the Union ticket.