James Carson Gardner

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For the Democratic former mayor of Shreveport and former Louisiana state representative, see James C. Gardner.

James Carson 'Jim' Gardner (born April 8, 1933) is a North Carolina businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative (1967-1969) and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1989-1993). He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1968, 1972, and 1992. In both 1968 and in 1992, he won the Republican nomination, but lost to Democrats Robert W. Scott and Jim Hunt, respectively. In 1972, he lost the nomination to Jim Holshouser, the first Republican governor of North Carolina of the 20th century. Gardner became the first Republican elected Lt. Governor of the state in the 20th century (Charles A. Reynolds, who served from 1897 to 1901, being the most recent).

In May of 1961, Jim Gardner, along with Leonard Rawls, opened the first franchise store of the fast food restaurant Hardee's in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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• Congressional Biography

Preceded by Robert B. Jordan, III

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1989-1993

Succeeded by Dennis A. Wicker