Jim Courter

James Andrew Courter (born October 14, 1941) is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.

Early life and education Courter was born October 14, 1941, in Montclair, New Jersey.

Courter graduated from Montclair Academy in 1959, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963 from Colgate University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law in 1966. After law school, Courter became a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. He was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., in 1966 and in New Jersey in 1971. Courter was described as the most conservative member of New Jersey's congressional delegation. He was the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey in 1989, but lost in a landslide to Democrat Jim Florio. Courter did not seek re-election to Congress in 1990.

In 1990, a 12-ton recreational vehicle collided with the front of the Courters' Hackettstown, New Jersey home. The Courters were unhurt.

Works Defending Democracy, American Studies Center, June 1, 1986 Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission: Report to the President, Diane Publishing Co, April 1, 1994