Jim DeMint
| Jim DeMint | |
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| President of the Heritage Foundation | |
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Assumed office April 4, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin Feulner |
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United States Senator from South Carolina |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ernest Hollings |
| Succeeded by | Tim Scott |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Inglis |
| Succeeded by | Bob Inglis |
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James Warren DeMint September 2, 1951 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Debbie Henderson |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Clemson University |
James Warren "Jim" DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013, to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
DeMint was born in Greenville, South Carolina, one of four children. His parents, Betty W. (née Rawlings) and Thomas Eugene DeMint, divorced when he was five years old. Following the divorce, Betty DeMint operated a dance studio out of the family's home.
DeMint was educated at Christ Church Episcopal School and Wade Hampton High School in Greenville. DeMint played drums for a cover band called Salt & Pepper. He received a bachelor's degree in 1973 from the University of Tennessee, where he was a part of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, and received an MBA in 1981 from Clemson University. DeMint's wife, Debbie, is one of three children of the late Greenville advertising entrepreneur and South Carolina Republican figure James Marvin Henderson, Sr.
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