James Owen Law (March 14, 1809 – June 6, 1847) was an American politician and merchant.
[2] He received a classical education and worked at a counting house owned by his cousin Jacob G.
His term was short-lived, as he was defeated in the following election in October 1844, by his cousin, Jacob G. Davies, a Democrat, by a margin of 498 votes.
[2] Law died of typhus (or ship fever) on June 6, 1847, after ministering to sick Irish children in Canton, Maryland.
[6][7] George Washington Musgrave, a Presbyterian clergyman of Baltimore and Philadelphia, published the sermon used at Law's funeral.