James Marion Mewborne (March 22, 1848 – October 28, 1924) was an American farmer and politician who served as North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1897 to 1898.

[1] Weakened by his late entry into the contest and doubts among Democrats about his loyalty to their party, he lost to Republican incumbent Henry P.

[1] With the backing of Skinner, he sought the Populist nomination for a lieutenant gubernatorial candidacy in 1896 but was defeated in a vote at the party's state convention by Oliver H.

[6] Governor Daniel Lindsay Russell uncovered evidence of malfeasance by Superintendent of the State Penitentiary John R. Smith later that year.

[1] Mewborne spent much of his later life focused on farming, though he direct collection efforts for the 1910 United States census in North Carolina's 2nd congressional district.