Jim Courter

Jim Courter
Chairman of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
In office
1991–1994
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
SecretaryDick Cheney
Les Aspin
William Perry
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byAlan J. Dixon
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byHelen Stevenson Meyner
Succeeded byDick Zimmer
Constituency13th district (1979–1983)
12th district (1983–1991)
Personal details
Born
James Andrew Courter

(1941-10-14) October 14, 1941 (age 83)
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceHackettstown, New Jersey
EducationColgate University (BA)
Duke University (JD)

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.