Harris Blake Explained

Harris Blake
State Senate:North Carolina
State:North Carolina
Term Start:January 1, 2003
Term End:January 1, 2013
Predecessor:Constituency established
Successor:Jerry Tillman (Redistricting)
Birth Date:3 November 1929
Party:Republican

Harris Durham Blake (November 3, 1929  - June 9, 2014) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-second Senate district, which included constituents in Harnett, Lee and Moore counties.[1] He was also the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State in 2000.[2]

Born in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, Blake went to Elon University. He served on the Moore County, North Carolina School Board.[3] Blake, a real estate agent from Pinehurst, North Carolina, served five terms in the North Carolina state Senate and chose to retire in 2012 and not seek a sixth term. He was deputy President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate during his final two-year term. He died at his home in Moore County on June 9, 2014, at the age of 84.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Carolina manual [serial].
  2. http://www.thepilot.com/news/former-state-senator-harris-blake-dies/article_c45bce68-efec-11e3-8882-0017a43b2370.html The Pilot
  3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/54848/harris-blake Votesmart.org-Harris Blake