Jim Courter

Jim Courter (1985)

James Andrew "Jim" Courter (born October 14, 1941 in Montclair , New Jersey ) is an American politician . Between 1979 and 1991 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jim Courter attended the Montclair Academy until 1959 . He then studied at Colgate University in Hamilton ( New York ) until 1961 . After studying law at the School of Law at Duke University in Durham ( North Carolina ) and being admitted to the bar in 1966, he began to work in this profession. In 1972 he became a partner in a law firm he co-founded in Hackettstown . Before that, he worked for the Peace Corps in Venezuela from 1966 to 1968 . In 1969 and 1970 he worked as a management consultant in the federal capital Washington. He also worked as a lawyer for Union County between 1970 and 1971 . From 1973 to 1977 he was also the assistant prosecutor in Warren County . He also served as the legal representative for several cities in New Jersey.

Politically, Courter joined the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1978 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Helen Stevenson Meyner on January 3, 1979 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1991 . Since 1983 he represented the twelfth district of his state as the successor to Matthew John Rinaldo .

In 1989 Jim Courter ran for governor of New Jersey, but lost significantly to Democrat James Florio . Between 1991 and 1993 he was chairman of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission , which dealt with troop reductions and base closings. After that he practiced as a lawyer again.

Web links

• Jim Courter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)