Robert B. Jordan, III
Politician
1932 –
Who is Robert B. Jordan, III?
Robert Byrd "Bob" Jordan, III was an American politician who served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term 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. 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 to 1984. 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.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1932
North Carolina - Also known as
- Robert Jordan, III
- Profession
- Education
- North Carolina State University
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on July 23, 2013
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