Robert B. Jordan

Robert B. Jordan, III
29th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
In office
January 5, 1985 – January 7, 1989
Governor Jim Martin
Preceded by James C. Green
Succeeded by Jim Gardner
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office
1977–1985
Personal details
Born Robert Byrd Jordan, III
(1932-10-11) October 11, 1932
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Sarah Cole
Alma mater North Carolina State University
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1954-1956

Robert Byrd Jordan III (born October 11, 1932)[1] is an American politician who served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term (1985–1989) under Governor James G. Martin and who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1988.

Jordan, a native of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, graduated from North Carolina State University in 1954 with honors in forestry.[2] Prior to being elected lieutenant governor, Jordan ran his family's lumber company and served in the North Carolina Senate as a Democrat from 1976-84.

In 1984, he defeated state House Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr. in a hard-fought Democratic primary, then defeated Republican John H. Carrington in the general election to become North Carolina's 29th lieutenant governor. He easily won the 1988 gubernatorial nomination but lost the general election to incumbent James G. Martin.

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. On May 20, 2009, Jordan was elected chairman of the Trustees of North Carolina State University to serve the remaining term of McQueen Campbell, who resigned in conjunction with the investigation of Mike Easley.

References

  1. ↑ (U.S.), National Conference of Lieutenant Governors (19 June 1987). "The National Conference of Lieutenant Governors ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits". National Conference of Lieutenant Governors – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Jordan Hall". www.ncsu.edu.
Political offices
Preceded by
James C. Green		 Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
1985-1989		 Succeeded by
James Carson Gardner


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