Jim Justice

Jim Justice
Justice in 2023
United States Senator-elect
from West Virginia
Assuming office
January 3, 2025
SucceedingJoe Manchin
36th Governor of West Virginia
Assumed office
January 16, 2017
LieutenantMitch Carmichael
Craig Blair
Preceded byEarl Ray Tomblin
Succeeded byPatrick Morrisey (elect)
Personal details
Born
James Conley Justice II[1]

(1951-04-27) April 27, 1951 (age 73)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (before 2015, 2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (2015–2017)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1975)
Children2
ResidenceGovernor's Mansion (official)[a]
EducationMarshall University (BA, MBA)
WebsiteGovernment website
Nickname(s)"Big Jim"[2]

James Conley Justice II (born April 27, 1951) is an American coal and agriculture businessman and politician who is the United States Senator-elect from West Virginia. He is the Governor of West Virginia. He is the owner of over 50 companies, including The Greenbrier, a luxury resort. Justice is the only billionaire from the state of West Virginia.

  1. "State of West Viginia ex rel. James Conley Justice, II, Governor of the State of West Virginia v. Hon. Charles E. King, Jr., Judge; and G. Isaac Sponaugle, III; Case No. 19-1132".
  2. "Big Jim". June 2023. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2021.


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