Everything about James G Martin totally explained
James Grubbs Martin (born
11 December 1935) was a
Republican governor of the state of
North Carolina from
1985 to
1993.
Martin was born in
Chatham County, Georgia, on
December 11,
1935. He was subsequently raised in
South Carolina.
Prior to being elected governor, Martin was a member of the
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Board of Commissioners. He served as professor of
chemistry at
Davidson College, after receiving his
doctorate in chemistry from
Princeton University in
1960. In the early 1970s he was a well known environmentalist. An avid tuba player, he was a member of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity while an undergraduate at Davidson.
His political career included service as Mecklenburg County Commissioner and as commission chairman. He was a president of the
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.
He became a
U.S. Representative in 1972, and served for six terms. He served as a
Ways and Means Committee member, and as a House Republican Research Committee chairman. He became the first elected official to receive the
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award, given by the
American Chemical Society for outstanding
public service by an American chemist. When he was elected Governor, he became only the second North Carolina Republican governor to be elected in the twentieth century. He was part of a 28-year trend of Governors of North Carolina being named James. During his term in office, he promoted education and North Carolina commerce. An avid train enthusiast, he was especially noted for advancing the cause of regional passenger rail in the state.
In 1988 Martin commuted convicted murderer Jon Benson from death row to a life sentence. Benson will be released on December 21st, 2007.
In 1992 he retired from political life and became chairman of the board of the James Cannon Research Center of
Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
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