Marquis James (b. 1891, Springfield, Missouri; d. 1955) was an American journalist and author. He served in the First World War, in France, 1917-1919. He worked on the staff at the American Legion Monthly from 1923 to 1932.

Works

• Alfred I. DuPont, The Family Rebel (1941)
• The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston (1929), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1930
• Cherokee Strip: A Tale of an Oklahoma Boyhood
• Merchant Adventurer: The Story of W.R. Grace
• The Life of Andrew Jackson (1937), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1938
• The Story of Bank of America: Biography of a Bank, with his wife Bessie R. James (1954)
• The Metropolitan Life: A study in business growth
• Biography of a Business, 1792-1942 (1943)
• A History of the American Legion (1923)