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Jim Olin (James Randolph Olin) was born on 28 February, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Jim Olin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As James Randolph Olin
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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 28 February, 1920
Birthday 28 February
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 29 July, 2006
Died Place Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Phyllis Avery

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1920

James Randolph Olin (February 28, 1920 – July 29, 2006) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Virginia.

1943

He attended Deep Springs College, before moving on to Cornell University, from which he earned an electrical engineering degree in 1943.

1946

Then, until 1946, Olin served in the Signal Corps of the United States Army.

1953

Olin, a Democrat, made his first bid for political office in 1953, when he became Rotterdam, New York supervisor and served on the Schenectady County board of supervisors.

1968

The Olin family settled in Roanoke, Virginia in 1968 and relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2003.

Jim and Phyllis Olin had eleven grandchildren: Jennifer Milliken Bartlett, Marc Dentico-Olin, Scott Milliken, Julia Milliken, John Olin, Chad Olin, Christine Milliken, Hannah Olin, Arthur Santry IV, Alexa Santry, and Richard Santry.

1974

The district's six-term Republican incumbent, M. Caldwell Butler, hadn't even faced major-party opposition since 1974.

However, Olin won a narrow victory.

1982

For 35 years until retiring in January 1982, Olin worked in General Electric (GE) as corporate vice president and general manager of industrial electronics.

Over the years, Olin's job at GE took him to Schenectady, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Salem, Virginia.

In 1982, Olin was elected to represent the 6th district of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Democrat to hold this seat since 1953.

The 6th, stretching from Roanoke through the Shenandoah Valley, had been one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican.

1983

From 1983 to 1993, Olin, a Democrat, served in the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 6th congressional district.

Olin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the grandson of Swedish immigrants, and raised in Kenilworth, Illinois.

1984

Over the next two years, Olin worked this vast district well, and held onto his seat in 1984 even as Ronald Reagan carried the district in a landslide.

1986

He would never face another close race again, easily defeating Republican challengers in 1986 and 1988 and only facing an independent in 1990.

While in the House, Olin was considered to be a moderate member of the state's delegation.

1990

In 1990, he was one of the only three Democrats in the House to vote against Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

That same year, he clashed with President George H. W. Bush over his budget proposals.

As a member of the United States House Committee on Agriculture, Olin advocated reducing milk price subsidies.

1991

In 1991, he opposed the Persian Gulf War.

1992

Olin did not run for a sixth term in 1992.

That same year he received an honorary LLD from Washington and Lee University.

His preferred choice to replace him as the Democratic nominee lost at the district convention to Stephen Musselwhite, who was then handily defeated by Republican Bob Goodlatte, a former aide to Butler.

Proving just how Republican this district was, no Democrat has crossed the 40 percent mark in the district since Olin left office.

He died at age 86 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Olin married Phyllis Olin and had five children with her: Richard, Thomas, Kathy (Milliken), James, and Trina (Santry).

2012

They also had two great-grandsons: Aidan Bartlett and Nathan Bartlett as of 2012.