James C. Green

For other people named James Green, see James Green (disambiguation).

Jimmy Green

28th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
In office January 8, 1977 – January 5, 1985
Governor	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Preceded by	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Succeeded by	Robert B. Jordan, III
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1961–1976
136th Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1975–1976
Preceded by	James E. Ramsey
Succeeded by	Carl J. Stewart, Jr.
Personal details
Born	James Collins Green (1921-02-24)February 24, 1921 Halifax County, Virginia
Died	February 4, 2000(2000-02-04) (aged 78) Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Resting place	Clarkton Cemetery, Clarkton, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Religion	Presbyterian

James Collins "Jimmy" Green (February 24, 1921 – February 4, 2000)^[1] was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1975–1976) and as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985).

Political career

Green served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1961 through 1976. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1976 after defeating Howard Nathaniel Lee in a Democratic primary runoff. In 1980, after a change to the North Carolina Constitution, Green became the first Lt. Governor elected to a second term. He defeated fellow former House Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr. in the 1980 Democratic primary, and then went on to defeat Republican Bill Cobey in the general election.

Green was charged in 1983 with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but he was acquitted. The next year, he ran for Governor of North Carolina but finished fifth in the Democratic primary behind Rufus Edmisten. Green then threw his support to the Republican nominee, Jim Martin, giving him critical backing among conservative Democrats in eastern North Carolina. Martin went on to win the election.^[2]

Later life and death

He was convicted of income tax fraud in 1997 and was sentenced to 33 months of house arrest. The scandal was in connection with a multimillion-dollar tobacco fraud scheme.^[3]

He died in Bladen County hospital at Elizabethtown, North Carolina on February 4, 2000.

References

↑ Who's who in the South and Southwest - Google Books.
↑ Political grudges are nothing new, Carolina Journal Online, John Hood, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ "Before Black". The News Observer. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

External links

Mention at The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by James B. Hunt, Jr.	Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1977-1985	Succeeded by Robert B. Jordan, III

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Carolina

Governors	Caswell Nash Burke A. Martin Caswell Johnston A. Martin Spaight Ashe Davie Williams Turner Alexander Williams Stone Smith Hawkins Miller Branch Franklin Holmes Burton Iredell Owen Stokes Swain Spaight Jr. Dudley Morehead Graham Manly Reid Winslow Bragg Ellis Clark Vance Holden Worth Holden Caldwell Brogden Vance Jarvis Scales Fowle Holt Carr Russell Aycock Glenn Kitchin Craig Bickett Morrison McLean Gardner Ehringhaus Hoey Broughton Cherry W. K. Scott Umstead Hodges Sanford Moore R. W. Scott Holshouser Hunt J. Martin Hunt Easley Perdue McCrory Cooper (Elect)

Lieutenant Governors	Caldwell Brogden Jarvis Robinson Stedman Holt Doughton Reynolds Turner Winston Newland Daughtridge O. Gardner Cooper Long Fountain Graham Horton Harris Ballentine Taylor, Sr. Hodges Barnhardt Philpott Scott Taylor Jr. Hunt Green Jordan J. Gardner Wicker Perdue Dalton Forest

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 241264134 LCCN: no2012048824

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