Jim DeMint

Jim DeMint
DeMint in 2005
President of the Heritage Foundation
In office
April 4, 2013 – May 2, 2017
Preceded byEdwin Feulner
Succeeded byEdwin Feulner
United States Senator
from South Carolina
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 2, 2013
Preceded byFritz Hollings
Succeeded byTim Scott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005
Preceded byBob Inglis
Succeeded byBob Inglis
Personal details
Born
James Warren DeMint

(1951-09-02) September 2, 1951 (age 73)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Debbie Henderson
(m. 1973)
Children4
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (BA)
Clemson University (MBA)

James Warren DeMint (born September 2, 1951) is an American businessman, author, and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. A leading figure in the Tea Party movement, DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and is the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.

DeMint served as the United States representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from South Carolina in 2004 and reelected in 2010. DeMint served in the Senate until January 2, 2013, when he stepped down to become president of The Heritage Foundation. On May 2, 2017, DeMint resigned his position at Heritage at the request of its board. He later became a senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance and the founding chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute.