James family.

I.C. James, Jr., born 1903 and died 1970, had practiced law in Harrodsburg from 1924 and had served as Mercer County attorney for 28 years. James was a memver of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1966 to 1968, during which time he was voted the "most colorful" representative. he was elected president of the Kentucky County Attorneys Association and also president of the Kentucky Bar Association. Additionally, James was a member of the Mercer Bar Association and he served as Mercer County Democratic Party chairman for several years. He was a prominent horseman, and was a member of the United States Trotting Horses Association and the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lexington. He died of an apparent heart attack while exercising his trotting horses at Louisville Downs.

Other James family members have served on various other state boards, including the Kentucky State Racing Commission. Additionally, horses from the James family stables were used in the 1957 movie April Love, starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones.

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