Jim Harrison | |
State House: | South Carolina |
District: | 75th |
Term Start: | December 1994 |
Term End: | December 4, 2012 |
Predecessor: | Candy Waites |
Successor: | Kirkman Finlay III |
State House2: | South Carolina |
District2: | 76th |
Term Start2: | December 1990 |
Term End2: | December 1994 |
Predecessor2: | Joyce Hearn |
Successor2: | Leon Howard |
Birth Name: | James Hodges Harrison |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1951 |
Birth Place: | Greenwood, South Carolina |
Alma Mater: | The Citadel University of South Carolina |
Spouse: | Susan |
Party: | Republican |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1973–2003 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | U.S. Army Reserve |
Mawards: | Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal |
James Hodges Harrison (born April 11, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician.
Harrison served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1990 to 2012 and, at his retirement, was chairman of the House's judiciary committee.
In 2018, during the South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation, Harrison was found guilty of multiple charges related to public corruption.[1]