James D. Martin

James Douglas Martin (September 1, 1918 – October 30, 2017) was an American politician.

Martin was born in Tarrant, Alabama in 1918, and became a petroleum products distributor in Gadsden, Alabama. In 1962, as the Republican nominee, he narrowly lost a U.S. Senate race to Democratic incumbent J. Lister Hill. Martin served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. He ran for Alabama governor in 1966, losing to Democrat Lurleen Wallace. Martin died in 2017 at his home in Gadsden, at the age of 99.