Jim Courter
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| Chair of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission | |
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| President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Alan J. Dixon |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey | |
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| Preceded by | Helen Stevenson Meyner |
| Succeeded by | Dick Zimmer |
| Constituency | Template:Ushr (1979–1983) Template:Ushr (1983–1991) |
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| Born | James Andrew Courter Script error: No such module "person date". Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Party | Republican |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) Duke University (JD) |
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James Andrew Courter (born October 14, 1941) is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.
Early life and education
Courter was born October 14, 1941, in Montclair, New Jersey.[1]
Courter graduated from Montclair Academy in 1959, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963 from Colgate University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law in 1966. After law school, Courter became a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. He was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., in 1966 and in New Jersey in 1971.[1]
Career
Courter served as an assistant corporation counsel for Washington, D.C., from 1969 to 1970. He worked for Union County Legal Services from 1970 to 1971. In 1972, Courter founded a law firm in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Courter was a first assistant prosecutor in Warren County from 1973 to 1977. He co-founded Warren County Legal Services in 1975 and served as an attorney for municipalities in Warren and Sussex counties.[1]
A Republican, Courter served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years, from 1979 until 1991.[1] He represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district and later the 12th district, located in northwestern New Jersey.[2] Courter was described as the most conservative member of New Jersey's congressional delegation.[3] He was the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey in 1989, but lost in a landslide to Democrat Jim Florio.[4][5] Courter did not seek re-election to Congress in 1990.[1]
From 1991 to 1993, Courter served as chairman of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission.[1]
Personal life
Courter is married to Carmen Courter.[6]
In 1990, a 12-ton recreational vehicle collided with the front of the Courters' Hackettstown, New Jersey home. The Courters were unhurt.[6]
The Courters' daughter, Katrina, married Taylor Whitman, son of former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, in 2006.[7]
Works
- Defending Democracy, American Studies Center, June 1, 1986 Template:ISBN
- Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission: Report to the President, Diane Publishing Co, April 1, 1994 Template:ISBN
References
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."COURTER, James Andrew (1941 -)". Bioguide.Congress.gov. Retrieved August 28, 2003.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DePalma, Anthony (September 25, 1989). "In Campaign, Courter Aims To Pin Down His Identity". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Balz, Dan (October 1, 1989). "In New Jersey, Courter Runs Toward Center". Washington Post.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.King, Wayne (September 1, 1990). "Balancing Act Is Expected of Florio's New Chief of Staff". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."South Jersey officials react to death of former New Jersey governor Jim Florio". Courier-Post. September 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brekus, Pete (May 17, 2015). "RV leaves gaping hole in home of U.S. Rep. Jim Courter in 1990". lehighvalleylive.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Katrina Courter, Taylor Whitman". The New York Times. September 10, 2006.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.United States Congress. "Jim Courter (id: C000809)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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