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James Caldwell (November 30 1770 – May 5 1838) was the first member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Ohio’s 4th congressional district.Caldwell was born in Baltimore Maryland and moved to Wheeling which was at the time in Virginia. He came to St. Clairsville Ohio in 1799. He purchased the first lot in the village and opened a store in 1801. He bevame wealthy and was the first president of the Belmont Bank of St. Clairsville.

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