J. Edward Barry (1874–1932) was mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1911-1914. He graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College, and worked in the railroad business before entering politics. He served on the lower body of City Council from 1900–1902, and he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1906. He became mayor in 1911, and he was elected president of the Association of Railroad and Steamship Agents in 1912.