James M. Gudger Jr.

James Madison Gudger Jr. (October 22, 1855 – February 29, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915.

Born near Marshall, North Carolina, Gudger attended the common schools at Sand Hill, North Carolina, and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia.

He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Marshall, North Carolina, in 1872.

He resumed the practice of law at Asheville, North Carolina.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-third Congress).