James W. Crawford Jr.

James Walker Crawford Jr. (born October 4, 1937) is a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

[1] A Democrat, he represented the state's thirty-second House district, including constituents in Granville and Vance counties.

A retail developer from Oxford, North Carolina, Crawford served fourteen terms in the state House of Representatives.

[2] Crawford earned a degree in Industrial Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[3] After serving in the United States Navy and as an Oxford city commissioner, Crawford was first elected to the legislature in 1982.