Harold Woodrow Hardison (1923–2015) was an American politician from North Carolina.
Hardison was a Freemason and Shriner who served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946 in the Pacific War. He founded the Humphrey-Hardison Oil Company and was a member of several municipal organizations in his hometown of Deep Run, North Carolina. He was elected to one-two year term as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1970, then won the first of eight consecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate during the 1972 election cycle.[1] During his single term as a state representative, Hardison was engaged in discussions on redistricting.[2] Hardison subsequently occupied the seat representing the fifth senatorial district from Lenoir County.[3] Throughout his tenure on the state legislature, he became known for Hardison amendments, which forbade state agencies from enacting environmental regulations stricter than the federal standard.[4] As a state senator, Hardison held chair positions on the Senate Appropriations Committee,[3][5] the Senate Ways and Means Committee,[6] and co-chaired the state's Select Committee on Education.[7] In July 1981, Hardison co-sponsored a bill allowing the Office of State Budget and Management the power to oversee public school finances.[5][8] In February 1983, Hardison stated that a drunk driving bill backed by Governor Jim Hunt would raise $2.5 million in revenue, and incur $1 million in costs.[9] During the 1984 election cycle, Hardison ran unopposed.[10] Hardison filed to contest the Democratic Party nomination for the 1988 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election in January,[11] and engaged in a debate on collection of monetary damages owed to accident victims in civil cases.[12]
Hardison died at the age of 92 on 9 September 2015.[1][4]
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^"Committee is divided over redistricting bill". Gastonia Gazette. 11 March 1971. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ ab"Senator Harold W. Hardison". North Carolina Periodicals Index. East Carolina University. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ abBarkin, Dan (10 September 2015). "Former State Sen. Harold "Bull" Hardison dies at 92". News & Observer. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ ab"Budget head steps down amid dispute". Atlanta Constitution. 26 July 1981. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Senators asked to hasten action on ERA issue". Daily Tar Heel. 26 September 1978. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Superintendent to meet". Asheville Citizen-Times. 8 December 1982. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Educators reach accord on school finances control". 4 July 1981. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Beer money". Daily Tar Heel. 25 February 1983.
^"GOP will shine once more". Asheville Citizen-Times. 10 October 1984. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Hardison enters race". Asheville Citizen-Times. 27 January 1988. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^"Democrats clash; Watauga's Bingham enters race for labor commissioner". Asheville Citizen-Times. Associated Press. 27 January 1988. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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