James Murray was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio.

He was educated in the public schools, and admitted to the bar in 1851.

[1] He was elected Ohio Attorney General in 1860,[2] and served one term.

He remained a resident of Wood County, Ohio until the close of his term, and then returned to Sidney, where he died in 1879.

[1] The only other political office he ever held was as mayor of Perrysburg.