J. C. Watts

JC Watts ( born November 18, 1957 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma ) is an American politician ( Republican). Between 1995 and 2003 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

JC Watts attended until 1976, the Eufaula High School and then studied at the University of Oklahoma journalism. Until 1986 he was a successful football player in the Canadian Football League. With the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1981 he reached the Cup Final; later he moved to the Toronto Argonauts yet. Thereafter Watts preacher of the Baptist church. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, of which he became Chairman in 1993. He was the first African American in a state-wide office of the government of Oklahoma.

1994 Watts was in the fourth district of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he took over from the January 3, 1995 Dave McCurdy. In subsequent elections until 2000 he was confirmed with a vote share between 58 % and 65 % respectively in his office. Since he did not run in 2002, he resigned from the Congress on January 3, 2003. Watts was a member of the Finance Committee and the Armed Services Committee. In 1997, he answered for his party on the annual statement of President Bill Clinton State of the Union. He was the youngest member and first African American who acted in this task.

After his time in Congress, Watts was appointed by President George W. Bush in the governing body ( Board of Visitors ) of the Military Academy at West Point. In 2003, he supported the Iraq war. Then he represented as a lobbyist, the interests of some companies and corporations. For the gubernatorial elections in Oklahoma in 2010 his name was put into play. But he has denied these speculations.

JC Watts is married to Frankie Watts, with whom he has six children.