James Turner (November 7, 1783 – March 28, 1861) was an American politician from Maryland.
[1] Turner was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Baltimore County from 1824 to 1832.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to Congress, but he again served in the House of Delegates in 1837 and 1838 and in 1852 and 1854 and also as member of the Maryland Senate from 1856 to 1858.
She married Frank D. Emack, a physician of Baltimore and Chester County, Pennsylvania.
[4] Turner died on March 28, 1861, at his Castle Calder home near Parkton.