Jim Herring
| James Harrell "Jim" Herring, Sr. | |
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| State Chairman, Mississippi Republican Party | |
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In office 2001 – September 4, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Retzer |
| Succeeded by | Brad White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 Canton, Madison County Mississippi, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Beverly Herring |
| Children |
James Herring, Jr. |
| Residence | Canton, Mississippi |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Grace Chapel Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Canton |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Colonel; member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps |
James Herring, Jr.
James Harrell Herring, Sr., known as Jim Herring (born 1938) is a lawyer in private practice from his native Canton in Madison County, outside the capital city of Jackson in the U.S. state of Mississippi. From 1997 to 1999, he was a judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals and from 2001 to 2008 the state chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party.
In 1960, Herring received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In 1963, he obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He served in the United States Army for three years of active duty as a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps. For another twenty-one years, he was an Army reservist, in which capacity he reached the rank of colonel. He received the Army Commendation Medal and three Meritorious Service medals.
Herring and his wife, Beverly, have a son, James, Jr., and two daughters, Caroline and Christine. He is an elder in the Grave Chapel Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Canton.
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