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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Augustus M. Gurney- United States general officer who retired here James Holshouser Jr. – former Republican Governor of North Carolina Sandy Koufax – Hall...
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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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  • Franklin Daniels, Chairman of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. James Holshouser, former governor of North Carolina (1973–1977), former vice chairman...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 1927) 2013 – Bulbs Ehlers, American basketball player (b. 1923) 2013 – James Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934) 2014...
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    withdrew and formed another firm with former North Carolina governor James Holshouser in Raleigh. Sanford also finished his last book, Outlive Your Enemies:...
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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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    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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    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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  • Johnson was appointed by Gov. Sanford to replace James Currie and served until April 1964. James S. Currie was appointed by Gov. Hodges to replace Eugene...
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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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    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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  • Skipper Bowles, lost in the general election to Republican candidate James Holshouser. Throughout his life Hawkins was an ardent supporter of equal rights...
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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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    state simply: Helms's support. While Ford had the backing of Governor James Holshouser, the grassroots movement formed in North Carolina by Ellis and backed...
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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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  • a ransacking in Visalia, California, definitely attributable to Joseph James DeAngelo, at this time a police officer, who will commit at least 13 murders...
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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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    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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  • – The fundamentalist organization Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson. March 28 – The 49th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Richard Pryor...
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  • scandal (United States): In a letter to Judge John Sirica, Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. admits that he and other defendants have been pressured to...
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