Jim Gilmore


Full Name: James Gilmore

Age: 60

Marital status: married

Politicial Party: Republican




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Biography

Gilmore was born in Richmond, Virginia to Margaret Evelyn Kandle and James Stuart Gilmore, Jr., a grocery store meat cutter.
He graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1971. After a three-year tour as a U.S. Army counterintelligence agent in West Germany, he entered the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1977.

After working for a decade as a lawyer at the firm Benedetti, Gilmore, Warthen and Dalton, he was elected Commonwealth's Attorney in his home county of Henrico County in 1987 and 1991. He was elected Virginia Attorney General in 1993. Gilmore served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee from January 2001 to January 2002. He and his wife, Roxane Gatling Gilmore, currently reside in Richmond and Alexandria, Virginia. They have two sons, Jay and Ashton.


Previous Offices

68th Governor of Virginia - in office - January 1998 – January 2002


Educational Background

He graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1971. After a three-year tour as a U.S. Army counterintelligence agent in West Germany, he entered the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1977.