Robert B. Jordan, III

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Robert B. (Bob) Jordan, III was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term (1985-1989) and who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1988.

Jordan, originally from the area of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, graduated from North Carolina State University in 1954 with honors in forestry. [1] Prior to being elected lieutenant governor, Jordan ran his family's lumber company and was elected to several terms in the North Carolina Senate as a Democrat.

An advocate of education, Jordan has served on the North Carolina Board of Education, the state Board of Community Colleges, and the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors.

Preceded by James C. Green

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1985-1989

Succeeded by James Carson Gardner

[edit] References

• NC Notable Bob Jordan
• North Carolina Award citation