James E. Holshouser, Jr.
| James Holshouser | |
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| 68th Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office January 5, 1973 – January 8, 1977 |
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| Lieutenant | Jim Hunt |
| Preceded by | Robert Scott |
| Succeeded by | Jim Hunt |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office 1963–1973 |
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| Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party | |
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In office 1966–1972 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Eubert Holshouser, Jr. October 8, 1934 Boone, North Carolina |
| Died | June 17, 2013 (aged 78) Pinehurst, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Ann Hollingsworth |
| Alma mater |
Davidson College University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
James Eubert Holshouser, Jr. (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2013) was the 68th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was the first Republican candidate to be elected as governor since 1896, when Republican Daniel L. Russell was elected as a Fusionist candidate. Holshouser's election reflected the new political realignment of the South.
Holshouser was born in Boone, North Carolina in 1934 and was the son of James E. "Peck" Holshouser, who was United States Attorney in the middle district of North Carolina under President Dwight Eisenhower.
In 1962, two years after graduating from the University of North Carolina School of Law, Holshouser was elected to the first of several terms representing Watauga County in the North Carolina House of Representatives, eventually becoming minority leader. North Carolina had been virtually a one-party, Democratic-dominated state since disfranchisement of blacks in 1899; Holshouser came from one of the few areas of the state where the GOP even existed. During the 1960s and 1970s, however, a number of Southern whites began shifting their support to the Republicans.
He chaired the state Republican Party from 1966 through 1972, following passage of federal civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965 that ended segregation and authorized federal oversight and enforcement of suffrage for African Americans.
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