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词条 James Allen Graham
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Family life

  4. Commissioner of Agriculture

  5. Writings

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox Politician
|name=James Allen Graham
|image= File:NC Politician Jim Graham.jpg
|imagesize =
|caption= Jim Graham in 1992
|order=
|office=13th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
|term_start=July 19, 1964
|term_end=January 2001[1]
|appointed=Terry Sanford
|predecessor=Lynton Y. Ballentine
|successor=Meg Scott Phipps
|birth_date= {{birth date|1921|4|27}}
|birth_place=Cleveland, North Carolina
|death_date= {{death date and age|2003|11|20|1921|4|27}}
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|party=Democratic[1]
|spouse=Helen Ida Kirk (October 30, 1942 - her death 1999)
|alma_mater=North Carolina State University, B.S., (Agricultural Education) 1942.
|children=
|nickname=Jim
}}James Allen Graham, (April 27, 1921 – November 20, 2003) was a North Carolina teacher and politician who served as the thirteenth North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.[1]

Early life

Graham was born on April 7, 1921 to James Turner and Laura Blanche Allen Graham in Cleveland, North Carolina.[2][1] Graham was raised in Rowan County, North Carolina on a 250-acre farm where the family raised cotton, cattle and grain.[3]

Education

Graham graduated from Cleveland High School in 1938, where he played on the High School football team.[2] In 1942 Graham graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education[4] from North Carolina State College[1] where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.[5]

Family life

Jim Graham married Helen Ida Kirk, on October 30, 1942, they had two daughters, Alice Kirk Graham, and Laura Constance Graham.[1]

Commissioner of Agriculture

On July 19, 1964 Graham was appointed North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, by Governor Terry Sanford, to fill the unexpired term of the late Lynton Y. Ballentine. Graham was elected Commissioner of Agriculture in November 1964 and reelected eight times.[2][1]

Writings

  • Graham, James A.: >The Sodfather: A Friend of Agriculture, (1998).

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=RESOLUTION 2005-25|url=http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Resolutions/PDF/2005-2006/Res2005-25.pdf|publisher=North Carolina General Assembly|format=PDF|accessdate=September 21, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite news|last=Wineka|first=Mark|title=Jim Graham: After 36 years, agriculture commissioner steps aside|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/2000nov/112200b.htm|accessdate=September 21, 2012|newspaper=The Salisbury Post|date=November 22, 2000|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704210700/http://www.salisburypost.com/2000nov/112200b.htm|archivedate=July 4, 2008|df=}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Yancy|first=Cecil H. Jr.|title='Sodfather,' Jim Graham, dies at 82|url=http://southeastfarmpress.com/sodfather-jim-graham-dies-82|accessdate=September 21, 2012|newspaper=Southeast Farm Press|date=November 26, 2003}}
4. ^NCSU Libraries Special Collections
5. ^Staff Writer (Summer 2012). "Tekes in Politics". The Teke. pp. 12–13. Tau Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

External links

  • N.C. Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees.
  • NCSU Libraries Special Collections
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| title=13th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
| before=Lynton Y. Ballentine
| after=Meg Scott Phipps
| years=July 19, 1964 – January 2001
}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, James Allen}}

7 : 1921 births|2003 deaths|North Carolina Commissioners of Agriculture|North Carolina State University alumni|People from Rowan County, North Carolina|North Carolina Democrats|20th-century American politicians

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