James McHenry Jones (August 28, 1859 – September 22, 1909) was an American educator, school administrator, businessperson, and minister. Jones was the third principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute (present-day West Virginia State University) from 1898 until 1909 and is considered by West Virginia State as the institution's third president He was an actor, known for The Blood of Jesus (1941). He was married to Bertha Ora Morgan. He died on March 23, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.