James Owen (American politician)

James Owen (December 6, 1784 – September 4, 1865) was an American politician from North Carolina, a planter, adjutant general, businessman, and enslaver, including of Omar ibn Said.

[2] Subsequently, he was for many years president of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad and an adjutant general in the North Carolina militia during the War of 1812.

[3] His brother John Owen was governor of North Carolina.

Owen was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1808 to 1811 and a Democratic-Republican party U.S. congressman from North Carolina's 5th congressional district from 1817 to 1819.

He was a devoted Presbyterian and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and an officer in the Fayetteville chapter of the American Bible Society.