James G. Martin
| James G. Martin | |
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| 70th Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office January 5, 1985 – January 9, 1993 |
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| Lieutenant |
Robert B. Jordan James C. Gardner |
| Preceded by | Jim Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Jim Hunt |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Charles R. Jonas |
| Succeeded by | Alex McMillan |
| Personal details | |
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December 11, 1935 Savannah, Georgia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Ann (McAulay) Martin |
| Residence | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Alma mater |
Davidson College Princeton University |
| Profession | Chemist, Professor |
James Grubbs "Jim" Martin (born December 11, 1935) was the 70th Governor of the state of North Carolina. He served from 1985 to 1993. He was the second Republican elected to the office after Reconstruction, and the fifth overall. He is also the only Republican to serve two full terms as governor.
Jim Martin was born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. He was subsequently raised in South Carolina. He now lives in Charlotte.
He graduated from Davidson College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Shortly after graduation, on June 1, he married Dorothy Ann McAulay of Charlotte, North Carolina. An avid tuba player, he was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity and Beta Theta Pi Social Fraternity while an undergraduate at Davidson.
After receiving his doctorate in chemistry from Princeton University in 1960, Martin served as an associate professor of chemistry at his alma mater Davidson College until 1972.
As a professor at Davidson, he advised the school's Young Republicans chapter. In 1966, he was elected to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. He served for seven years, chairing the body from 1967 to 1968 and briefly in 1971. He was a president of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.
He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1972 representing the Charlotte-based 9th Congressional district. He served there for six terms. He served as a Ways and Means Committee member, and as a House Republican Research Committee chairman. He became the first elected official to receive the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, given by the American Chemical Society for outstanding public service by an American chemist, in 1983.
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