James H. Carson Jr.
James Holmes Carson Jr. was an American lawyer. He was appointed North Carolina Attorney General on August 26, 1974, by Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. after Robert Burren Morgan resigned to devote his attention to a run for the U.S. Senate. Carson then ran in a special election for Attorney General, which he lost to Democrat Rufus L. Edmisten.
Carson also served two terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, serving the 36th district, in Mecklenburg County. He died of myelodysplastic syndrome in 2015.
