James Wesley Reid (June 11, 1849 – January 1, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
He had been defeated in an 1886 bitter reelection contest to John Morehead Brower and suffered a humiliating personal financial collapse.
His wife and children remaining in Wentworth, Reid moved alone to Lewiston, Idaho, in 1887 and engaged in the practice of law.
He served as president of the board of trustees of Lewiston State Normal College from 1893 until his death.
His Wentworth, North Carolina birthplace, the Wright Tavern/Reid Hotel, was restored in 1970s by the Rockingham County Historical Society.