James Allen Graham (April 27, 1921 – November 20, 2003) was an American teacher and politician who served as the thirteenth North Carolina commissioner of agriculture.

[2] Graham was born on April 7, 1921, to James Turner and Laura Blanche Allen Graham in Cleveland, North Carolina.

[1] In 1942 Graham graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education[4] from North Carolina State College[2] where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

[2] On July 19, 1964, Graham was appointed North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, by Governor Terry Sanford, to fill the unexpired term of the late Lynton Y. Ballentine.

Graham was elected Commissioner of Agriculture in November 1964 and reelected eight times.