James Hodges Harrison (born April 11, 1951) is an

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lawyer and politician.

Political career

Harrison served in the

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from 1990 to 2012 and, at his retirement, was chairman of the House's judiciary committee. In 2018, during the

South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation The South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation was a probe into unlawful interactions between members of the South Carolina General Assembly, the political firm of Richard Quinn (political consultant), Richard Quinn, Sr., and major state i ...

, Harrison was found guilty of multiple charges related to public corruption.

References

Living people 1951 births Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians South Carolina politicians convicted of crimes {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub