James Gillespie

James Gillespie (c. 1747 – 11 January 1805) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1793 and 1799.

There is some uncertainty about Gillespie's birthplace. The Dictionary of North Carolina Biography and some family sources state that he was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. The Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress gives his birthplace as Kenansville, North Carolina.