James Morehead may refer to: James Turner Morehead (North Carolina politician) (1799–1875), Congressional Representative from North Carolina James T. Morehead Jr. (born 1838), his son, congressman, served in the North Carolina Senate James Turner Morehead (chemist) (1840–1908), chemist who founded what became Union Carbide James Turner Morehead (Kentucky politician) (1797–1854), senator and governor of Kentucky James B. Morehead (1916–2012), American fighter pilot of World War II