| James Horace Burnley IV | |
| Order: | 9th |
| Office: | United States Secretary of Transportation |
| Term Start: | October 1, 1987 |
| Term End: | December 2, 1987 (acting) December 2, 1987 – January 30, 1989 |
| President: | Ronald Reagan |
| Predecessor: | Elizabeth Dole |
| Successor: | Samuel K. Skinner |
| Birth Date: | 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma Mater: | Yale University Harvard University |
James Horace Burnley IV is an American politician and lawyer born in 1948 and from Washington, D.C.. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts and got his Juris Doctor from Harvard University in 1973. From 1983-1987 he served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation until he became U.S. Secretary of Transportation outright from 1987-1989. In 1996 he was a senior advisor to Robert Dole's Presidential campaign. He later served on the board of directors of Infrasoft, Inc. From 2001 to in least 2003 he worked as a lobbyist for the airline industry.