James Earl Ezzell Jr. (6 September 1936 – 30 January 1991) was an American politician from North Carolina.
Ezzell was physically disabled from birth and could not walk without the use of mobility aids, frequently utilizing crutches or a motorized cart.
[2] Politically, Ezzell was a Democrat from Nash County who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981, and as a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1985 to his death.
[1] In his first term as a state representative, he expressed opposition to the death penalty in cases of rape.
[3] Ezzell died in a single-car road incident on 30 January 1991, when the vehicle he was driving struck a bridge abatement near downtown Raleigh.