James DeNoon Reymert (October 24, 1821 – March 25, 1896) was an American newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician.
His father, Christen Reymert, had been a ship owner and merchant in Leith, Scotland and later a customs officer in Farsund.
At age fifteen young Reymert left home to complete a course of study at a commercial college at Christiania.
[2] Reymert migrated to the United States during 1842 and in 1844 he married fellow Norwegian immigrant Anna Caspara Hensen.
In 1847, James D. Reymert, Even Heg and Søren Bache agreed to start the Norwegian-language newspaper Nordlyset (The Northern Light).
Through an acquaintance with Stephen A. Douglas, Reymert became a nominee for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in 1860 on the Democratic ticket, but lost to Luther Hanchett.
[7] In 1861, Reymert opened a law office in New York City and shortly afterward organized Hercules Mutual Life Assurance Society.