- James Carson Gardner
:"For the Democratic former
mayor of Shreveport and former Louisiana state representative, seeJames C. Gardner ."James Carson 'Jim' Gardner (born
April 8 1933 ) is aNorth Carolina businessman and politician who served as aU.S. Representative (1967-1969) and asLieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1989-1993). He was an unsuccessful candidate forGovernor of North Carolina in 1968, 1972, and 1992. In both 1968 and in 1992, he won the Republican nomination, but lost to DemocratsRobert W. Scott andJim Hunt , respectively. In 1972, he lost the nomination toJim Holshouser , the first of only two Republican governors of North Carolina of the 20th century. In 1989, Gardner became the first Republican elected lieutenant governor sinceCharles A. Reynolds , who served from 1897 to 1901. Gardner served during the second term of Republican GovernorJames G. Martin .In May 1961, Jim Gardner, along with Leonard Rawls, opened the first franchise store of the fast food restaurant
Hardee's inRocky Mount, North Carolina .External links
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10552 Profile at OurCampaigns.com]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000055 Congressional Biography]succession box
title=Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
before=Robert B. Jordan, III
after=Dennis A. Wicker
years=1989-1993
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