Former North Carolina Gov. James E. Holshouser, a self-described "Lincoln Republican" who ended decades of Democratic dominance in the governor's mansion with a 1972 victory, died Monday after a ...

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A native of Boone, Jim Holshouser was the first Republican elected governor in the state in the 20th century when he won during President Richard Nixon's landslide victory in 1972.

Former Gov. Jim Holshouser, who died early Monday, was hailed by North Carolina politicians as a decent man who bridged partisan divides and worked tirelessly to improve the state.

Motivated by an interest in reforming the NC's judicial nomination system, James Holshouser, Jr. began his political career as a North Carolina Legislator in 1962.

James Eubert Holshouser was born in 1934 in Boone, at a time when North Carolina as a whole was ruled by the Democratic party. But the western part of the state that had been loyal to the Union ...

National mortgage settlement monitor Joe Smith has tapped former North Carolina governor James Holshouser and two Triangle-based educators to serve on a five-person oversight board. National ...

Jim Holshouser: Early Life and Political Career His mother was Virginia, a nurse, and his father, James, was a U.S. District Attorney, Jim Holshouser: Governor of North Carolina ...

RALEIGH (AP) — Jim Holshouser, who was North Carolina’s first Republican governor elected in the 20th century and then gave early support to Pat McCrory, the first GOP governor of this century ...

SOUTHERN PINES - Nearly 400 friends, family, colleagues and admirers gathered Friday at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church to pay respects to former North Carolina Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. H… ...

Since Daniel Lindsay Scott Russell's 1897-2001 tenure, the governor's office has had a Democrat every year sans Baptist Oliver Max Gardner (1929-33), and Republicans James Holshouser (1973-77 ...