James Sproull Cothran (August 8, 1830 – December 5, 1897) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district.
James Sproull Cothran was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina on August 8, 1830.
He attended the country schools and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1852.
He was solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina in 1876 and 1880 and judge of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina from 1881 to 1886.
He was interred in Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina.