Jack English Hightower

Jack English Hightower (born 6 September 1926 in Memphis, Hall County, Texas; † August 3, 2013 in Austin, Texas) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1975 and 1985 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school, Jack Hightower served during the final stages of World War II from 1944 to 1946 in the U.S. Navy. After the war he continued his studies until 1949 continued with studies at Baylor University in Waco. After a subsequent law degree from the same university in 1951 and was admitted to his lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1951 and 1961, Hightower prosecutor in the 46th Judicial District of Texas. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1953 and 1954 he was a deputy in the Texas House of Representatives. In 1961 he ran unsuccessfully in a special election for Congress. From 1965 to 1974 he was a member of the Senate of Texas. In August 1968 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was nominated at the Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

In the congressional elections of 1974, Hightower was in the 13th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Bob Price took on January 3, 1975, he had beaten in the election. After four elections he could pass in Congress until January 3, 1985 five legislative sessions. In 1984 he was defeated by Republican Beau Boulter. Between 1985 and 1987, he was First Deputy Attorney General of the State of Texas. In 1988 and from 1992 to 1995, he served as a judge at the Supreme Court of Texas. After that he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. This mandate he held between 1999 and 2004.