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    James Eubert Holshouser Jr. (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th Governor of North Carolina...
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    Jim Hunt (redirect from James B. Hunt, Jr.)
    [citation needed] He was sworn in on January 5, 1973. With the election of James Holshouser as governor in 1972—the first Republican to win the office in decades—the...
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  • Hollingsworth Holshouser (October 29, 1939 – December 6, 2006) was an American nurse and civic leader who, as the wife of Governor James Holshouser, served...
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  • Holshouser is a Germanic surname. Notable people with the surname include: Herm Holshouser (1907–1994), American baseball player James Holshouser (1934–2013)...
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    7, 1972. Republican nominee James Holshouser defeated Democratic nominee Skipper Bowles with 51% of the vote. Holshouser thus became the first Republican...
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    who were named James, having been preceded and succeeded by Jim Hunt, who in turn was preceded in his first term by James Holshouser. In 1993, he retired...
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    miscellaneous members appointed by the governor. He was succeeded by James Holshouser on January 5, 1973. Constitutionally barred from seeking another term...
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    role of lieutenant governor as a full-time job. With the election of James Holshouser as governor in 1972—the first Republican to win the office in decades—the...
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  • politician, and judge James Griswold (1828–1892), American politician James Haffey (1857–1910), American politician James Holshouser (1934–2013), American...
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    officer who retired here James Holshouser Jr. – former Republican Governor of North Carolina Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser – former First Lady of North...
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    Illinois. In North Carolina, Ford was backed by moderate Governor James Holshouser while Reagan was backed by Helms and Thomas F. Ellis. North Carolina...
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    on state legislation. Flaherty supported James Holshouser in the 1972 gubernatorial election. After Holshouser won, he appointed Flaherty Secretary of...
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    time living in Germany as an exchange student. She met her future husband, James Baxter Hunt II, at a National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry...
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    1978, p. 1167. "James E. Holshouser". National Governors Association. Retrieved May 26, 2023. Tarleton, Larry (January 6, 1973). "Holshouser Sworn In As Governor"...
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    When his physical condition weakened in 1985, then-North Carolina Governor James G. Martin assigned a trooper to drive Eure to and from work each day. Eure...
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    Greg Murphy (politician) North Carolina Governor James G. Martin North Carolina Governor James Holshouser Several governors of North and South Carolina US...
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    and he was also Secretary of Revenue under North Carolina Governor James Holshouser. In 1979, Coble was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives...
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    – former NFL player for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions James Holshouser – was the 68th Governor of North Carolina Michael Houser – founding...
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  • competitive in statewide elections for the first time since 1900: James Holshouser was elected Governor of the state, and Jesse Helms, a former Democrat...
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    North Carolina Attorney General on August 26, 1974, by Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. after Robert Burren Morgan resigned to devote his attention...
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    couldn't stampede him. That was even so in law school". Former governor James Holshouser said: "Not only did he do an able job as governor, but he was an honest...
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  • – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983) 1934 – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d...
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    Scott and Jim Hunt, respectively. In 1972, he lost the nomination to James Holshouser, the first of only two Republican governors of North Carolina in the...
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  • Alabama Tanya Gee – at-large judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court James Holshouser – 68th governor of North Carolina John Johns – CEO of Protective Life...
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    gubernatorial elections became increasingly competitive. In 1972, James Holshouser was elected as the state's first Republican governor of the 20th century...
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  • Carolina political figures, including former Governor James G. Martin and former Governor James Holshouser. Barrett was again elected to the Davie County Commission...
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    of ex-Confederates such as Samuel Price, Allen T. Caperton and Charles James Faulkner. In 1876 the state Democratic ticket of eight candidates were all...
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    Kit Bond (R-MO) Otis Bowen (R-IN) James B. Edwards (R-SC) Daniel J. Evans (R-WA) Mills Godwin (R-VA) James Holshouser (R-NC) William Milliken (R-MI) Robert...
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    Edmisten was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1984, losing to Republican James G. Martin, a loss attributed to Martin's endorsements by Edmisten's Democratic...
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  • injection 41 95% Gas chamber 2 5% Governor (Party) James Holshouser (R) 0 0% Jim Hunt (D) 13 30% James G. Martin (R) 3 7% Mike Easley (D) 27 63% Bev Perdue...
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