James Thomas Broyhill (born August 19, 1927) is an American former businessman and Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the House from 1963 to 1986, and served in the Senate for four months in 1986. Broyhill later served as chairman of the North Carolina Economic Development Commission and then as the state's Secretary of Commerce. He retired from politics in 1991 but was appointed to the board of trustees of Appalachian State University two years later.