James Graham (January 7, 1793 – September 25, 1851) was a North Carolina attorney and politician. He served as Congressional Representative from that state. Personal life He was the older brother of North Carolinian senator William Alexander Graham. James Graham graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1814 in classical studies. Graham studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Career He was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1822, 1823, 1824, 1828, and 1829. Graham was then elected as a National Republican to the twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). Graham served from March 4, 1835, to March 29, 1836. He was subsequently elected as a National Republican to the same Congress, re-elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses serving from December 5, 1836, to March 3, 1843. He was the chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847) but did not run again in 1846. After his political career, Graham farmed near Rutherfordton, North Carolina, where he died September 25, 1851. See also Twenty-third United States Congress Twenty-fourth United States Congress Twenty-fifth United States Congress Twenty-sixth United States Congress Twenty-seventh United States Congress Twenty-ninth United States Congress External links 1793 births 1851 deaths People from Lincoln County, North Carolina American people of Scotch-Irish descent North Carolina Whigs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians People from Rutherfordton, North Carolina Members of the United States House of Representatives removed by contest