James Addison Young (21 January 1815 – 9 March 1875) was an American politician.
Young was born on 21 January 1815 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, to a family of Scots-Irish descent.
Young worked on a farm as a child, and later learned to make saddles and harnesses from John A. Wolfley in Circleville, Ohio.
Young moved through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, before settling in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in October 1849.
He won the District 18 seat in the Iowa Senate in the 1871 election and remained in office until his death on 9 March 1875.