# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-e-holshouser-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:21.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-e-holshouser-jr"
name: "James E. Holshouser Jr."
slug: "james-e-holshouser-jr"
description: "James Eubert Holshouser Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th Governor of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was the first Republican candidate to be elected as governor of the state since 1896. Born in Boone, North Carolina, Holshouser initially sought to become a sports journalist before deciding to pursue a law degree. While in law school he developed an interest in politics and in 1962 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives where he focused on restructuring government and higher education institutions, and drug abuse legislation. Made chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party in March 1966, he established the organization's first permanent staff and gained prominence by opposing a cigarette tax."
tagline: "68th governor of North Carolina (1934-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Holshouser_official_photo_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-10-08"
deathDate: "2013-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.357129333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holshouser"
    title: "James Holshouser"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holshouser"
    title: "James Holshouser"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holshouser"
    title: "James Holshouser"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump