James Eubert Holshouser Jr. was born in Boone on Oct. 8, 1934. He earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College and a law degree from UNC Chapel Hill. He chose a career as a lawyer under the ...

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 ...

James E. Holshouser Jr. Holshouser, 78, died Monday after a lengthy illness. Forty years earlier, he was the state's youngest elected governor and the first Republican to hold the title since 1896.

Neither Cameron nor former Gov. James Holshouser, who chairs the search committee, returned reporters' phone calls. C.D. Spangler Jr., who has been president since 1986, is retiring. Among those ...

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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 ...

The governor, James Holshouser Jr., had grown up on the South Fork, and his people were talking with him. And the two affected North Carolina counties, Ashe and Alleghany, were strong supporters ...