Elliott Northcott (April 26, 1869 – January 3, 1946) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Northcott attended the University of Michigan Law School, but read law to enter the bar in 1891. He was in private practice in West Virginia from 1891 to the present. He was a City attorney of Huntington, West Virginia from 1897 to 1898. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of West Virginia from 1898 to 1905. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1905 to 1909. He was a U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Columbia from 1909 to 1911. He was a U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua in 1911. He was a U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Venezuela from 1911 to 1913. He was in private practice in West Virginia from 1915 to 1922. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1922 to 1927.
Northcott was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Northcott received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge on April 6, 1927, to a seat vacated by John Carter Rose. Formally nominated on December 6, 1927. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1927, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 15, 1939. Northcott served in that capacity until January 3, 1946, due to his death.
He died in LeSage, West Virginia.