| James C. Fields | |
| State House: | Alabama |
| District: | 12th |
| Term Start: | 2008 |
| Term End: | 2010 |
| Successor: | Mac Buttram |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Yvette Fields |
| Children: | 7 |
| Education: | Jacksonville State University |
James C. Fields Jr. is an American civil servant and minister in the United Methodist Church who served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2008 until 2010. A native of Colony, Alabama, Fields was the first African American to be a candidate for elective office in Cullman County, Alabama, which is predominantly white.[1]
James Fields grew up on his family's small farm in Colony. After graduating from Hanceville High School, he attended Jacksonville State University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in law enforcement.
Subsequently, he served in the U.S. Marines, attending officer training at the Marine Corps Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and leaving with an honorable discharge.[2]
James Fields was elected as a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives in a special election on January 29, 2008.[1] He was defeated for reelection in 2010 by fellow Methodist minister Mac Buttram.[3]
James Fields and his wife Yvette have seven children and 13 grandchildren.[4]
James Fields has worked for the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations for nearly three decades and is a minister at St. James United Methodist Church in Irondale, Alabama.[2]
In November 2013, James Fields announced that he would be a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in the 2014 elections.[5] He ran in the Democratic primary uncontested and was defeated by incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey in the general election.